Cod and Shrimp in a Lemon cream sauce

This recipe for Cod and Shrimp in a lemon cream sauce is probably the easiest recipe on the blog. The seafood is baked in a delicious cream sauce in the oven, so there’s barely any hands-on time involved, and the result is a melt in your mouth dinner, that even your most demanding guests will love.
You can serve it with anything you like, such as rice, pasta or French bread to mop up the amazing sauce and a nice salad on the side or your favorite veggies.

INGREDIENTS:

4 x medium white fish fillets (cod, tilapia , hake etc…)
1 cup clean peeled shrimp
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 garlic clove, peeled and grated
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
1/4 cup white wine
1 tbsp. fresh dill or 1/2 tsp dried dill
1 tbsp. fresh chives or 1 tsp dried chives
1 tbsp. capers (optional)
Salt & pepper
butter for baking dish
1/4 cup fresh breadcrumbs or one to two tbsp. dried
some olive oil or melted butter for drizzling over breadcrumbs
Fresh parsley or chives and lemon wedges, to serve

INSTRUCTIONS:

Preheat oven to 200C / 400F

Season fish and shrimp with salt and pepper on both sides and place in a butter baking dish, add the capers if using.

Place cream, lemon juice, garlic, mustard, wine, dill, chives, salt and pepper in a small pan and bring to a very low simmer, until smooth. Pour sauce over fish and shrimp. Sprinkle with the breadcrumbs and drizzle with a teaspoon or two of olive oil or butter.

Bake for 15 minutes, or until fish is just cooked. Remove from oven.
Scatter some Parsley or chives over the fish and serve straight away.
Serve with rice, pasta or bread and a vegetable of choice.

Enjoy.

If you make this recipe please be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! I love hearing from you. And please don’t forget to tag me on Instagram so I can see your creations!

15 thoughts on “Cod and Shrimp in a Lemon cream sauce”

John R Bulin October 9, 2021 at 02:25

I have made this a few times, always good. I forgot to let the sauce simmer last time, stronger wine flavor. Better to let it simmer. After baking for 13 min, I kick on the broiler to get the breadcrumbs crispy and toasty. Accidentally grabbed basil and sprinkled that in the sauce. It worked well as an additional flavor.

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The Cooking spoon Post authorOctober 12, 2021 at 10:52

Hi John, I’m so glad to hear you are enjoying the recipe, and what great ideas, both the broiler and the Basil. I will be trying that next time too. Thank you for the tip.

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Nora September 29, 2021 at 05:26

Recipe say 1 garlic. Is that one head or one clove? Can’t wait to try!!

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The Cooking spoon Post authorSeptember 29, 2021 at 16:51

Hi Nora, it’s one garlic clove. Sorry for the confusion. I hope you love the recipe and thanks for stopping by.

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Nancy January 28, 2021 at 13:51

This is delicious! I made it with half and half, and used cooked shrimp I had in my freezer. After thawing, I added them halfway through the baking time. We ate up the last of the sauce with a bit of French bread. Yum!

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The Cooking spoon Post authorJanuary 28, 2021 at 23:44

Thank you so much Nancy for letting me know you liked the recipe, I’m glad to hear it worked out so nicely 🙂

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1. Billy Hall September 9, 2021 at 13:19
  
  We made this last night. (Me the Guy) Easy and tasted great. Our 12 year old liked it also. Thanks Billy
  
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  1. The Cooking spoon Post authorSeptember 10, 2021 at 16:40
    
    Thank you so much Billy, I’m so glad to hear that you enjoyed the recipe and even your 12 year old, now that’s a compliment 🙂
    
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