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      Title: Cod with Fennel
 Categories: Fish, Cod, Canadian
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
  1 1/2 c  Cod; in 2 to 3" pieces
    1/4 c  Butter
           Salt and pepper
      2 c  Spinach; cooked
    1/4 ts Nutmeg
      1 cl Garlic; crushed
      2 tb Lemon juice
    1/2 ts Fennel seeds; crushed

  Coat fish pieces with flour and saute in 2 tb butter seasoned with
  salt and pepper. Season spinach with nutmeg and place on a heated
  platter. Spread fish over spinach and keep warm. Add remaining
  butter and garlic to skillet and cook until butter colours. Discard
  garlic. Add lemon juice and fennel and pour over fish. Serve over
  thin buttered noodles.
  
  The recipe works for any white fish (sole/cod/halibut/flounder/
  whatever).

  From "Island Cookery 2: Recipes from the Quadra Islanders of B.C."

  I use some young fennel shoots/leaves instead of the seeds; much
  better. - Doug McHarg
 
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