When it comes to cooking, salt often plays a great supporting role, but it’s rarely the star of the show. Its ability to enhance and alter flavours by decreasing bitterness while increasing perceptions of sweetness or sourness means that even when you can’t taste it, the food you’re eating is better because salt is there. But when Windor Salt wanted to celebrate the release of a fresh new logo and packaging design for its products with some tasty recipes, I thought it was high time that salt took a starring role in a dish!
With light summer flavours a favourite right now, seafood is always a top pick for dinner. And as it happens, one of my favourite seafood dishes is one that uses salt poaching to enhance the flavour and texture of the fish. Salt Poached Cod with Butter Egg Sauce might sound like an unusual combination at first. But the flavours blend together in a way that is completely magical. This slightly updated variation of an old Finnish recipe that my mother, who was born in Finland, cooked for the family when I was young, shows just how tasty food can be when salt is the star!
Salt Poached Cod with Butter Egg Sauce
Ingredients
- 4 boneless cod fillets or other firm whitefish
- 2 tbsp. Windsor Table Salt
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 2 hard-boiled eggs chopped
- 1 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley or 1 tsp. dried parsley
Instructions
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Fill large skillet with approximately one inch of water. Add salt and bring just to a boil.
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Add fish and reduce heat to a simmer. Poach for 5-10 minutes, flipping halfway through cooking time, until fish flakes easily with a fork.
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Remove fish to paper towel-lined plate to drain.
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Meanwhile, combine melted butter, chopped eggs and parsley. Whisk in 1/4 cup of the salt water used to poach fish.
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Serve fish hot topped with sauce. Extra sauce can be served over rice or mashed potatoes as a side dish.
The highlight of this dish for me has always been the rich egg sauce that’s served over the fish. I usually serve it over mashed potatoes for a side dish as a unique alternative to gravy. Whisking the hot brine into the melted butter gives the sauce just the right texture and a great salty flavour that’s almost addicting. And even though it has a gourmet flavour, it only takes about thirty minutes to make!
I chose Windsor Table Salt for this recipe because I find it easier to get the exact level of saltiness I want in my dish with its finer, smaller grains. And the iodine that’s added to all table salt in Canada ensures that my body can properly synthesize the hormones from my thyroid gland, which can help improve metabolism, energy and overall well-being!
Want to try some other great recipes using Windsor Table Salt? Make sure to check out the company’s website for some fun and delicious food ideas, from meat to pickles to desserts! And keep an eye out for Windsor’s new boxes on store shelves! The bright design will have you wanting to add a pinch more salt to your favourite dishes too…especially once you try this rich and flavourful cod recipe!
Victoria Ess says
June 13, 2016 at 7:00 amI love this simple recipe for fish! Sounds really good!
Lynda Cook says
June 13, 2016 at 3:12 pmYour recipe looks really good!! Windsor is the only brand I look for when shopping for my salts!!
Rosanne Robinson says
June 13, 2016 at 3:50 pmThis recipe sounds really yummy, I’m always looking for new ways to cook fish and looking forward to trying it. We’ve been using Windsor Salt for many years, it looks like they’ve introduced a lot of new products in the pic above, will have to check them out!
Shirley OFlynn says
June 13, 2016 at 4:48 pmWow, this looks amazing. I will have to give this recipe a try. We have been using Windsor salt for as long as I can remember. It is our go to brand for salt.
Doris Calvert says
June 14, 2016 at 2:15 amWow! Looks good, is there any other salt but Windsor, all I used and my mom as far back as I remember.
nicolthepickle (Nicole Graham) says
June 14, 2016 at 4:53 amMmmh, your cod looks delicious.
Donnas says
June 14, 2016 at 4:59 amI remember having Windsor salt in our home when I was growing up, I think it’s the only salt my parents used. My family isn’t too fond of fish, hopefully if I tried your recipe, they’d eat it.
Donna Dufresne says
June 14, 2016 at 5:43 amthank you for sharing this recipe I am a big fan of fish so this recipe I will try this weekend for sure
Stephanie LaPlante says
June 14, 2016 at 6:53 amSounds like a very delicious recipe!
Florence C says
June 14, 2016 at 8:16 amI love trying new recipes using cod. Recipe sounds like a winner.
Julie says
June 14, 2016 at 8:52 amSounds delicious! Thanks for the recipe, I always find it hard to know what to do with fish.
Cheryl says
June 14, 2016 at 9:55 amI am not a fish lover but I am sure my husband would love this recipe. Thanks 🙂
Tricia Hope says
June 14, 2016 at 10:48 amWould never have thought to use butter as a poaching liquid.Can’t wait to try!
joanne darrell says
June 14, 2016 at 10:52 amThis looks yummy.
Cheryl says
June 14, 2016 at 11:14 amI only use Windsor salt
Wanda Tracey says
June 14, 2016 at 11:26 amThat butter sauce…wow…looks amazing!! We use Windsor salt too and
I am looking forward to trying this recipe.
jan says
June 14, 2016 at 12:06 pmI always mean to cook more fish, but do not. Thanks for the simple recipe.
kristen visser says
June 14, 2016 at 1:54 pmThat is the salt we use actually 🙂 and the recipe looks absolutely delicious 🙂
Melinda Jana says
June 14, 2016 at 2:19 pmsounds like a simple but yummy recipe
kathy downey says
June 14, 2016 at 3:51 pmThis the usually the way we eat our Cod and its deliciious
Kim Tanti says
June 14, 2016 at 6:53 pmI look for good recipes for fish. This is not something I know alot about and need help. Thank You
Joanne Frank says
June 14, 2016 at 8:35 pmreally need to try your recipes yummm
CL Chin says
June 14, 2016 at 8:35 pmlooks simple, i’ve never had fish with eggs before though!
caryn s says
June 14, 2016 at 10:01 pmThis recipe sounds delicious and i can’t wait to try it!
Paula Dumont says
June 14, 2016 at 11:09 pmI have never tried cooking fish this way. I am eager to try this!
Jamie hall says
June 15, 2016 at 8:22 amGreat recipe thank you ?
Judy Cowan says
June 15, 2016 at 8:34 amLove their new look. Windsor Salt has always been the brand that we buy. Your recipe looks good!
Terri Baker says
June 15, 2016 at 8:43 amOh wow, does that ever sound amazing. I will have to try it.
Carole Dube says
June 15, 2016 at 9:58 amWindsor is the only brand I buy for salt, i love the texture and quality! I love cod, thank you for sharing this recipe!
Karla Sceviour says
June 15, 2016 at 5:39 pmoh,that sounds yummy..I always buy Windsor salt
Jamie hall says
June 16, 2016 at 9:04 pmLove this recipe , simple abd delicious
K Yee says
June 17, 2016 at 6:05 pmI am always on the lookout for new recipes for fish. I think we would like this one. Thank you for posting it.
MOHAMMAD ANJUM says
June 17, 2016 at 6:31 pmawesome.love to taste
Gee Jones says
June 18, 2016 at 5:25 pmThis recipe sounds amazing, thanks!
Christine Holliday says
June 18, 2016 at 10:35 pmWell, how easy was that.. and good I bet. Good ol’ Windsor salt!
Shirley says
June 21, 2016 at 7:22 amThank you for sharing that recipe, it looks very delicious! Windsor Salt is great, I use it all the time.
angela m says
June 21, 2016 at 8:15 amThanks for the recipe. This looks delicious.
Adam Norval says
June 21, 2016 at 8:25 amInteresting recipe. I’ll have to try it out!
tiesha says
June 21, 2016 at 6:33 pmI will need to try this. I just moved to the coast and REALLY should be cooking more fish!
tammy ta says
June 22, 2016 at 12:35 pmThis isn’t for my me-I have never liked fish.
Melissa Black says
June 22, 2016 at 8:56 pmYum! I use seasoning salt on my fish when cooking it in the pan 🙂
Krista M says
June 26, 2016 at 8:41 amI’m not a big fan of fish but I do always buy Windsor salt. I never knew there were so many variations of salt! The coarse pickling salt is something interesting I’d like to try for eggs.
Jeannie says
June 29, 2016 at 10:12 pmWhat a simple recipe! I love that and it looks really good. I will have to give it a try.
sabina edwards says
June 30, 2016 at 8:35 amIt just never occurred to me that the salt web site would have so many recipes!!
Carol M says
June 30, 2016 at 12:24 pmThank you for the delicious recipe.