CoD Au Gratin
published by Moses Ingram on Jan 4, 2012
A delicious meal of codfish with breadcrumbs and cheese.
Cod au Gratin was not always the cheesy dish that we know today but was once garnished with bread crumbs alone. That all changed one evening in St. John’s NL, when a hotel ran out of bread crumbs and decided to use cheese as a substitute. Forever after, all their customers wanted cheese with the breadcrumbs, and so the dish that we love so much today was born.
Preparation Time: 15 – 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 – 30 minutes
4 servings
Ingredients:
1 pound cod fillets cut into cubes
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1
1/4 cups of milk
1 teaspoon salt
pepper to taste
1 small onion, finely chopped (optional)
1/2 cup breadcrumbs or cracker crumbs
1/2 cup cheddar cheese, grated
Cooking directions:
1:
Preheat oven to 375°. Place Cod in
greased baking dish.
2:
In heavy saucepan, melt butter; stir in flour
until smooth and remove from heat.
3:
Gradually stir in (1/2) the milk; return to
heat and beat until smooth and shiny.
Gradually add remaining milk, salt,pepper and onion.
Cook, stirring, until smooth and thickened.
4:
Pour sauce over fish and sprinkle with
breadcrumbs and cheese.
5:
Back in 375° oven for 15- 30 minutes
until sauce bubbles and sauce is cooked.
# 1 by Judy Sheldon
January 4th, 2012 at 8:51 pm #
Sounds wonderful! I am sure this is very tasty.
# 2 by Moses Ingram
January 5th, 2012 at 8:08 am #
Thanks Judy. I’ve requested a fix for the layout and also at the end it should read ‘until FISH is cooked, not SAUCE. So far I’ve had no response.
# 3 by ittech
January 5th, 2012 at 8:55 pm #
Very well done.
# 4 by FX777222999
January 6th, 2012 at 4:40 pm #
Yummy recipe to cook at weekend.
# 5 by ittech
January 8th, 2012 at 8:39 am #
A pretty good and informative article.
# 6 by FX777222999
January 10th, 2012 at 5:40 pm #
Fish and cheese, good combination.
# 7 by realityspeaks
February 1st, 2012 at 11:21 am #
Should give this a try. Thanks for sharing the recipe.