Cod Steak, Cod

20240804 #breakfastdiary 1137, 31°C/mostly sunny, 18min(M) Since this account always aims for a new breakfast every day, there's a lot of first-time attempts, and so, quite often, failures (not sure "failure" is even the right word). First time making a lemon butter sauce, and the end result was basically liquid Icecher (a sour candy). Cod, a breakfast ingredient I'd been saving, wasted — such a shame. But I've decided not to regret it. #codsteak seared and flavored with a lemon basil butter sauce that tastes like sour candy Morning temp 31°C, thawing frozen cod was the easy part. Zest half a lemon over the cod, rub with lemon juice and olive oil, and marinate for about 30 minutes. (☠️☠️☠️Warning! Please refer to a different recipe for lemon butter sauce. This one's a disaster.) Meanwhile, let's make the lemon basil butter sauce. Pour 4 of lemon juice into a pan, and once it boils, add 2 of butter and xylose sugar, stirring slowly. Add chopped basil and simmer a bit more. Heat a pan with olive oil over medium heat and sear the cod on both sides with salt and pepper. Plate the cod, and since it looks a bit bare, add a lemon wedge, then the lemon basil butter sauce on top, pepper pepper pepper pepper, 🍋Lemon butter sauce The lemon juice needs to be simmered down until reduced by about half. If it reduces too much, add water. The ratio of lemon to butter is roughly 1:2, lean more toward butter, Add the butter in small portions at a time. Add herbs as late as possible. But basil is a 🙅 — parsley or mint is recommended instead.