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Dinner · 25 min · Amounts not specified

Escovitch fish

Fried or seared fish with a quick pickle of onion and pepper. Allspice if you have it; black pepper if not.

The sheet · 4 plates · 25 min

easy

Why tonight. Fried or seared fish with a quick pickle of onion and pepper. Allspice if you have it; black pepper if not.

What it needs

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  • cod
  • onion
  • red wine vinegar
  • bell pepper
  • black pepper

Good if you have them, fine if you do not: lime, hot sauce.

Method

  1. Fry the fish first and set it aside. The pickle is made separately and poured over — they are never cooked together.
  2. Onion and pepper cooked briefly in the vinegar with plenty of black pepper, so they stay crunchy.
  3. Pour it over the hot fish and leave it at least twenty minutes. It is better after an hour and better still cold.
  4. The acid keeps working, which is the point of the dish and why it was invented.

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Published minimum internal temperaturesFish and shellfish: 63°C, 145°F.Fish and shellfish63°C / 145°F40°C50°C60°C70°C80°C

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What the ingredients are actually doing

cod
Lean, mild and flaky, which makes it a vehicle rather than a flavor.
onion
The base under most of this library.
red wine vinegar
The workhorse acid for anything savory and cooked.
bell pepper
Sweetness and water. Raw it is crunch, blistered under a broiler it goes silky and smoky and stops tasting like a salad bar — that char is most of the reason to buy them.
black pepper
A fresh grind is a different spice from the pre-ground tin — the aroma is volatile and it is gone within days.

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