Golden Trout

This is a simple fish dish with gentle spicy flavours which you can adjust to suit. It goes well with the season's new potatoes and a salad or some lovely purple sprouted broccoli. And so easy even I couldn't muck it up over Easter.

Golden Trout

4 plump trout fillets with or without the skin
3 oz butter melted 
2 shallots or spring onions
2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp paprika - hot or sweet
2 tbs Dijon mustard
2 cloves garlic finely chopped
3-4 tbs chopped flat leaf parsley
4 oz fresh breadcrumbs - if you keep a bag of these in the freezer made in the processor from left over loaves you will always have a supply to use straight away

  1. Heat a frying pan and then toast the breadcrumbs until golden, shaking the pan frequently.Tip out into a bowl for the moment - or do in advance and store in a tin.
  2. Brush an oven dish with a little of the butter and lay the fillets in without overlapping.
  3. Season with S&P
  4. Fry the garlic and shallots gently in the rest of the butter until soft. Add the spices and cook for a minute.
  5. Take from the heat and add the rest including the breadcrumbs. All this can be done ahead of time.
  6. Now sprinkle the crumb mixture to cover the fish and bake at No 4/180 for 15 - 25 minutes til the fish is just flaking. Test by putting a fork in to see if the flesh flakes.

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