Pan-sear Cod with Crispy Chorizo and Aioli

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Pan-sear Cod with Crispy Chorizo and Aioli

Ingredients

Yield: 6

Ingredients:

  • 75g Chorizo (skin removed, small cubed)
  • 50g Breadcrumb
  • 25g Blanced Almond (roughly chopped)
  • 1/2 pc Lemon Zest
  • 21g Olive oil
  • 6 pcs Black cod (170-180g)
  • Aioli 
  • 130g Mayonnaise
  • 1/2 clove Garlic clove (crushed)
  • 30g Lemon juice

Directions

  1. To make aioli, simply whisk together all ingredients until smooth. Set aside.
  2. In a large skillet, cook chorizo on medium-high heat, until crispy. Remove from skillet and drain oil. Reserve the chorizo oil and set a side.
  3. In a food processor, blend crispy chorizo and its oil into small chunks.
  4. Add the breadcrumbs and blanched almond, lemon zest, seasoning and half the olive oil in the mixture and mix well.
  5. Heat oven to 200 degrees C. Put the cod fillets on a slightly greased baking tray.
  6. Slight brush the cod fillets with the remaining olive oil. Heap the crumbs onto the fish and let it set in the fridge for 20-30 minutes.
  7. Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes depends on the thickness of the fillets. Bake until flesh has turned opaque and the crumb is golden.
  8. Serve immediately with homemade aioli on the side.

Recipe created by: Chef Hilda Chan