Cod with Spicy Pesto and Parma Ham

This is an adapt ion of a Jamie Oliver recipe  that I spiced up a little, you can also use jarred red or green pesto if you are after an even quicker fix and just add some dried chilli or chilli flakes.

Serves 2

Ingredients

• 1 x 400g cod loin fillet (skinned and boned)
• 1 pack of parma ham

for the pesto if you want to make your own:

• half a jar of sun dried tomatoes (drained but keep the oil)
• 2 tablespoons of parmesan
• Small bunch of basil
• 1 fresh or dried chilli
• 1 tsp tabasco
• pinch of oregano
• salt and pepper

Method

1. If making your own pesto put all of the ingredients in a blender and whizz up, slowly adding the oil you reserved from the tomatoes until you get a nice spreadable consistency.
2. Pre heat oven to 200 degrees
3. Form a “sheet” of ham by slightly overlapping each slice of ham.
4. Spread the pesto down the middle of the ham
5. Place the cod on to the pesto and wrap the ham around the cod.
6. Place on a baking tray and bake in the oven until the ham is crispy.
7. Plate up the cod, drizzle with the juices from the baking tray, you can also mix the juices with a little extra pesto if needed.
8. Serve with Veg and potatoes of your choice.

Sorry about the poor pic, I have a better one which I will upload later