Italian Cod Stew with Olives, Capers and Courgette

by | May 23, 2021 | Recipes | 0 comments

A hearty and delicious stew

This is a simple yet tasty stew, with chunks of cod, courgette slices and potato pieces in a passata sauce, with the olives and capers giving a bit of extra flavour.

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Servings

2

Prep time:

10min

Cook time:

60min

Difficulty:

Easy
Ingredients
  • 6 small-medium sized potatoes
  • 2 cod loin (around 260g in total)
  • 1 courgette
  • 1 onion
  • 100ml passata
  • 100ml water
  • 50g green pitted olives
  • 30g plain flour
  • 4tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2tbsp capers
  • salt and pepper to taste

We use just one courgette in this recipe- but feel free to use more and reduce the amount of potatoes. You can also add in celery for more flavour (however I despise celery so rarely, if ever, cook with it!). 

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1

First, prep the vegetables:  peel and chop the potatoes into bite-size pieces, slice the courgette and dice the onion.

Step 2

Next, par boil the potatoes for 5 minutes- these will be cooked further later on. After 5 minutes, drain and set aside.

Step 3

Meanwhile, pour the flour into a bowl, and lightly coat the courgette slices with the flour.

Italian Cod Stew with olives, capers and courgette- courgette slices
Step 4

Heat a quarter of the olive oil in a pan, and in batches, pan-fry the courgette slices for a few minutes on medium heat, until both sides are golden. Once golden, remove the courgettes, drain on a paper towel and set aside in a bowl. You might need to add a bit more olive oil in between batches.

Italian Cod Stew with olives, capers and courgette- courgette cooked
Step 5

Once all the courgette slices have been cooked, then add the rest of the olive oil into the pan, and cook the diced onion for 3 minutes on medium heat. Then, add the potatoes back in, and cook for a further 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, to get the sides slightly crispy.

Italian Cod Stew with olives, capers and courgette- cooking potatoes
Step 6

Add the passata, water, olives and capers to the pan, stir everything, then cook for a further 10 minutes.

Italian Cod Stew with olives, capers and courgette- cooking olives etc
Step 7

Next, cut the cod loin into pieces- these do not need to be too small as the cod will further break down during the cooking. Add some salt and pepper to taste and cook for another 5 minutes.

Italian Cod Stew with olives, capers and courgette- cooking cod
Step 8

Finally, add the courgette slices back into the pan, mix everything well, cover and cook for a final 20 minutes.

Italian Cod Stew with olives, capers and courgette- final
Step 9

The stew is then ready to serve. Enjoy!

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