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Cod Braised in Tomatoes and Olives

Mild white fish poached in a garlicky tomato sauce with olives and capers.

Cod Braised in Tomatoes and Olives, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
35 min

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lb cod fillets (frozen)
  • 28 oz canned diced tomatoes
  • 3 oz sliced black olives
  • 1 oz capers
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 5 clove garlic
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp dried oregano
  • 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley(optional)

Method

  1. Thaw the cod fillets and pat them dry.

  2. Heat the olive oil in a wide skillet over medium. Cook the sliced onion 6 minutes, then add the sliced garlic, oregano, and red pepper flakes for 1 minute.

  3. Add the diced tomatoes with their juice, the sliced olives, the capers, and the salt. Simmer 10 minutes until slightly thickened.

  4. Nestle the cod fillets into the sauce and spoon some over the top.

  5. Cover and simmer gently 8 to 10 minutes, until the fish flakes easily.

  6. Scatter with parsley and serve with rice or crusty bread for the sauce.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 10 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£34.94£8.7410 of 10 ingredients
Australia$87.25$21.8110 of 10 ingredients
Greece26,62 €6,66 €10 of 10 ingredients
Spain31,18 €7,80 €10 of 10 ingredients
New Zealand$77.31$19.339 of 10 ingredients
Egypt‏٩٤٣٫٦٨ ج.م.‏‏٢٣٥٫٩٢ ج.م.‏9 of 10 ingredients
Germany50,54 €12,64 €9 of 10 ingredients
Austria€ 74,55€ 18,649 of 10 ingredients
Mexico$552.27$138.078 of 10 ingredients
Canada$80.97$20.247 of 10 ingredients
United States$45.73*$11.436 of 10 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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