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Baked Cod with Sweet Potato

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Level 6: Soft & Bite-Sized · 30 min · serves 2

Baked Cod with Sweet Potato prepared as an illustrative IDDSI Level 6 serving
Serving illustration. Follow the measurements below and run the IDDSI test before serving.

The family’s version

  • Baked cod
  • Sweet potato wedges
  • Sauteed zucchini
  • Lemon butter

The Level 6 version

  • 150 g cod fillet
  • 160 g mashed sweet potato
  • 80 g peeled zucchini, cooked very soft
  • 2 tbsp thick lemon butter sauce
Convert it
  1. Bake the cod gently under a cover so it stays moist and flakes with a fork.
  2. Check carefully for bones, then divide the fish into pieces no larger than 1.5 cm.
  3. Mash the sweet potato until moist and cook peeled zucchini until it squashes easily; cut zucchini to 1.5 cm.
  4. Moisten fish and vegetables with thick lemon butter sauce, with no thin liquid pooling.
  5. Fork-pressure test cod and zucchini separately before serving.
EquipmentFork for measuring and testing
SLP tipCovering white fish while it bakes prevents the dry edges that make an otherwise soft fillet fail.

Before serving: run the fork pressure test on the finished plate. Recipes guide you to a texture. Only the test confirms it.

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