Cod with White Wine, Capers and Samphire

Simple, elegant, and done in ten minutes. Cod fillets cooked in a hot pan in the pizza oven, finished with white wine, samphire, and capers. The wine reduces to a glossy butter sauce that is far more impressive than the effort involved. This is the kind of quick, confident cooking that a pizza oven makes easy - the intense heat does the heavy lifting while you keep things simple.

Ingredients

• 4 cod fillets
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• 1 glass of white wine
• A generous handful of samphire
• 1 tbsp capers
• A knob of butter

Method

1. Preheat a pan or dish in your pizza oven for several minutes until properly hot.
2. Pat the cod fillets dry with kitchen paper. Coat lightly with oil and season gently with salt and pepper - go easy on the salt as the capers and samphire are already salty.
3. Place the fish carefully in the hot pan and return to the oven.
4. When the fish is nearly cooked through (the flesh should be opaque and starting to flake), add the white wine, samphire, and capers.
5. Let the wine reduce by about half - this concentrates the flavour and creates a natural sauce.
6. Remove the fish and samphire to a serving dish. Whisk a knob of butter into the remaining hot pan liquid and drizzle over the fish.