How to make an easy and delicious fish recipe
This is an easy and quick recipe if you have the sauce already made. The sauce can easily be made a day or two to make this dish come together really quickly. Black cod is plentiful on the west coast and I have even seen them selling it in Costco in the L.A. area before. It is a white fish that is flakey like your atlantic cod but a lot more oil and fat content in the black cod which gives this fish a star above the rest. This recipe is really roasted onions, with roasted cherry tomatoes that were still on the vine in Malibu right before the fires. Thankfully the fires didn’t wipe out the house and garden. Combine beef bordelaise sauce with black cod and you have a combination that is fantastic. Here is the recipe I hope you enjoy it!
Recipe Ingredients
1 lb of black cod cut in to 4 4 oz pieces
1 cup of cherry heirloom tomatoes
8 cipollini onions
2 tbsp of olive oil
1 sprig of rosemary and thyme
Salt and pepper to taste
Bordelaise Sauce
4 beef bones with marrow separated
4 carrots chopped
1 onion chopped
2 leeks chopped
4 celery sticks chopped
1 cup of mushrooms
1 whole garlic bulb
2 bay leaves
3 sprigs of thyme
1 small can of tomato paste
8 cups of water
3 cups of good red wine
2 tbsp of olive oil
salt and black pepper
Red Sorrel to garnish
Recipe Instructions
How to make Bordelaise sauce,
My version didn't take 2 days but it does take several hours. Take beef bones or veal bones if you can get them and soak them in water for 10 minutes to help release the bone marrow. With a wooden spoon or steel or your fingers pop out the marrow from the center of the bone and set aside for later use. Then dry the bones, place on a roasting pan and place in the oven. roast the bones for about an hour to hour and half until dark brown but not burnt. Meanwhile take cut all the vegetables up mix in a bowl.
Take half of the vegetables and olive oil and place in a medium large soup pot. Caramelize the vegetables in the pot for about 25 minutes until golden brown but not burnt. Save the other half of vegetables for later. Take out the bone and drain off the fat out of the pan; place the bones in the pot of caramelized vegetables. Take 2 cups of water and pour into the roasting pan. Place the pan on the stove with heat and with a wooden spoon stir the water around the roasting pan scraping the beef juices on the bottom of the pan. This might take a few minutes. After all the juices have been released pour everything into the pot with the vegetables and bones. Add your tomato paste and fill the pot up to the top with the rest of the water and turn the pot on high. Bring to a boil and then turn down to a good simmer. Let this cook for a few hours until your left with only 3 cups of sauce.
While that is cooking, take another pot with olive oil and the other half of vegetables and mushrooms and begin to caramelize those vegetables the same way. After about 25 minutes add your red wine. Reduce the wine down to a cup. Then, strain off your first stock into the wine sauce. Discard the vegetables from the stock. Bring the sauce to a boil and turn down to a light simmer. Cook for about an hour or until the sauce starts to thicken, then strain off the vegetables and place back in the pot. Take the bone marrow and small dice it. Add it to the sauce like it was butter stirring every other minute. The marrow should melt into the sauce. If it doesn't melt completely after 20 or so minutes then place in a blender and blend until smooth. Season with salt and pepper and keep warm.
How to roast cipollini Onions,
For the cipollini onions drizzle with olive oil and salt and place in a small saute pan with a sprig of thyme. Place in a 400 preheated oven or in the big green egg. Roast for 20-25 minutes until onions are tender. Cool and then peel the outer tough layers
How to roast tomatoes,
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
In a small oven proof pan add grape tomatoes, a sprig of rosemary, drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place them in the oven to roast for about 20 minutes. Take out and keep warm.
How to cook black cod,
In a large saute pan on medium high heat add oil. Season cod with salt on both sides and then place fillet side down in the pan. Cook for about 4 minutes on the one side. Meanwhile heat up the onions and tomatoes in the oven for 3-4 minutes. Then flip over the fish and cook for 5 seconds and take out of the pan. Place the fish on to the middle of the plate. Add a few spoonfuls of the bordelaise on top. Add the onions and tomatoes around the fish. Garnish with some fresh sorrel.
