I bought some delicious and fresh akaroa cod for dinner , made a light batter with spelt , an egg, some yoghurt and some milk... dipped the fish in this and pan friedtil cooked . It was delicious but totally fell apart. This might have been due to my batterthough as I kinda made up the recipe . So my question is . . what IS a good way to cook akaroa cod ? Maybe a pie ? In foil with lemon and basil? Has anyone got any ideas for next time?
winnie231,
Feb 23, 9:32am
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It's not you, it's the fish. Akaroa Cod - which is just another name for Red Cod is not considered good eating by many. "The flesh is considered watery and too soft with a tendency to fall apart when being cooking. This problem can easily be solved by drying the fillets with a paper towel and sprinkling them with salt and leaving them for a couple of hours in the fridge before cooking. This process firms the flesh. Following this treatment the red cod is excellent eating. " *extract from the fishing magazine.
Hope this helps.
poppysinger2,
Feb 23, 9:45am
Okthanks Winnie, I will try the salt to firm the fish before I batter it . I did notice there was heaps of liquid that came out as it cooked too. But the taste was good.
bucjo,
Sep 2, 11:52pm
wow really akaroa cod is red cod? funny... was totally put off red cod forever when i was on a fishing boat near stewart island and they cut one open and worms went everywhere.
i eat blue cod though, my friend gave me a free kilo when i was down south. so yummy. i just coat them in flour, dip in egg and into wholemeal breadcrumbs with a bit of added salt and pepper.
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