I make - Grilled cod with golden garlic sauce

This golden garlic sauce is possibly the best sauce for seafood! It sits right up there with my favorite garlic caper sauce. It's inspired by this lemon cod recipe and was transformed into something we truly can't get enough of.

Grilled cod with golden garlic sauce

For the fish:
- 4 pieces of cod (any white fish would do)
- zest from 1/2 lemon (save the zested lemon later)
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- smoked paprika, garlic powder, black pepper and salt
- flour

Make the marinade by mixing lemon zest and juice, oil, paprika, garlic powder, black pepper and salt. Marinade the fish for 10-15 minutes.

Before grilling the fish, heat a skillet with 2 tablespoons of oil and dust each fish fillet with flour.

Grill fish until each develops a golden crust. Remove to a plate and keep warm.

For the golden garlic sauce:
- chopped garlic from 5-6 cloves
- 1.5 tsp dried onion flakes (or 1 tbsp fresh minced onion or shallot)
- 3 tbsp white wine
- 3 tbsp water
- 3 tbsp lemon juice (from the zested lemon previously)
- stock powder/salt to season
- 2 tbsp butter + 1 tbsp oil (or all butter)
- chopped parsley or coriander

Melt the butter/oil in a skillet. Fry the chopped garlic and onion with medium-low heat. Stir occasionally. You want golden garlic not the brown one. Once the edge of garlic develops golden crust (1-2 minutes), turn the heat off and the remaining heat is sufficient to turn the garlic chunks golden.

Pour all liquids and stock powder into the pan. Heat on (medium) and bring the sauce to boil. Reduce its volume by 1/3. Taste and season with additional salt if needed.

Return the grilled fish back to the pan with the garlic sauce to warm through. Scatter chopped parsley or coriander on top and serve.