Today's recipe

Fish Blanquette

(serves 4)
Ingredients:
4 pieces (about 150 gr each) cod
150 gr white mushrooms
2 carrots
30 gr butter
5gr sugar
1 tbsp. olive oil
150gr heavy whipping cream
1 clove garlic
Thyme
4 scallions
Salt and pepper
1 star anise

Directions:
Cut the cod into large cubes. Peel and cut the carrots, cut the mushrooms in 4 pieces each. Keep only the white end of the scallions.
Glaze the vegetables: in a large pot, place the carrots as well as the scallions. Add half the butter, the sugar, salt and pepper. Add water up to half the carrots. Let the vegetable cook until the water has evaporated.  
In a pan, melt the rest of the butter with one spoon of olive oil. Add the pieces of fish, let them cook for one or two minutes. Add the mushrooms. Place the pieces of fish on a plate. Pour the cream into the pan (it's called deglazing). Add the garlic and thyme,  the star anise, salt and pepper. Let it boil a few seconds and return the pieces of fish into the cream to finish the cooking, for one or two minutes. Do not overcook, or the fish will disintegrates.
Place the vegetables and pieces of fish in a plate, add the reduced cream on top. Serve with potatoes or fresh pastas, or only with the vegetables.
You can also decorate your plate with nice slices of the green parts of the scallions, or chives etc...