serves
2
prep
15 minutes
cook
1 hour
difficulty
Easy
serves
2
people
preparation
15
minutes
cooking
1
hour
difficulty
Easy
level
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Ingredients
- 1 Murray cod, gutted, scaled
- 1 carrot
- 1 stick celery
- 1 onion, roughly chopped
- 4 bay leaves
Pil pil sauce
- confit garlic oil (see Note)
- 80 g butter
- salt
- 1 lemon
- 1 bunch thyme, leaves picked
Chilling time: 1 hour
Instructions
- Fillet the Murray cod (or ask your local fishmonger to do it for you), reserving the bones, head and trimmings. In a large saucepan, combine the vegetables, bay leaf, fish offcuts and cover with water.
- Simmer on medium heat for 1 hour, skimming any scum from the surface.
- Strain the fish stock through a muslin lined sieve, then return the stock to the saucepan and cook over medium-high heat, until it has reduced to 1/3 of the original volume. Refrigerate until needed, the stock needs to be cold for the sauce.
- For the pil pil, slowly stream the confit garlic oil into the cold Murray cod stock. The stock must be cold, as this helps with the emulsion. Add a squeeze of lemon juice to the emulsion and whisk to combine.
- Heat the butter in a large frying pan over medium-high heat and fry the Murray cod fillets. 30 seconds before serving, add the thyme to the pan and allow it to gently cook.
- Serve the buttery fish with a nice dollop of pil pil and extra lemon wedges to serve.
Note
• To make garlic confit oil, combine 100 g peeled garlic cloves with 200 g vegetable oil in a medium saucepan. Cook over low heat for 1 hour until the garlic is soft and lightly golden.
Photography by Kitti Gould.
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Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
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