Trout Amandine Recipes

TROUT AMANDINE

Steps:

• Rinse and pat dry trout. Season inside and out with salt and pepper to taste. Dredge trout in flour.
• Heat 2 tablespoons butter in large skillet over high heat until melted. Add trout and brown both sides. Lower heat to medium and cook for about 5 minutes on each side or until cooked through. Remove trout to a serving plate and keep warm.
• Wipe out pan and add 2 tablespoons butter. Cook butter over medium heat until it just begins to brown. Add the almonds and brown.
• Pour sauce and almonds over fish and sprinkle with lemon juice and parsley. Garnish with fresh lemon slices.

TROUT AMANDINE

Steps:

• Stir together the milk, 1 teaspoon of salt and shakes of tabasco sauce in a 13x9 pan. Wash and dry trout slices. Add to pan, turning to coat, and immersing as well as possible. Cover with plastic film and chill 2-3 hours.
• Remove trout fillets from milk, put them on a plate, do not dry them, discard milk mixture.
• Spread flour on another plate, season with pepper.
• Melt 1/4 cup butter with oil in a heavy skillet.
• While butter melts, dredge each trout fillet in flour, lightly shaking off excess. When butter is hot, add as many trout fillets as will fit without crowding. Cook about 2 minutes on each side or until golden. Transfer to a sheet pan. Repeat until all of trout has been cooked, if more butter is needed, have more ready, but not from the specified reserved amount.
• When all of the fish has been cooked, put it on the sheet, cover loosely with foil, and put into a 175 degree oven to keep warm.
• Put the cup of butter and the almonds into a saucepan with the remaining teaspoon salt. Cook moderately until lightly browned. Stir in the lemon juice and Worchestershire sauce. Cook two minutes. Remove from heat and stir in parsley. Serve over fillets with lemon wedges on warm plates.

TROUT ALMANDINE

Steps:

• Lightly toast the almonds in a saute pan. Reserve. Combine the flour, salt, and cayenne pepper in a small, flat dish. Pour the milk into another one. Place the trout fillets in the milk.
• Heat a large saute pan over medium heat. Add the olive oil and butter. Dredge the fillets in the flour mixture on both sides. Add to the pan and increase heat. Put the garlic cloves in the pan and swirl it around.
• Turn the trout after 2 minutes and remove the garlic (you don't want it to brown). Cook until the fish is cooked through and lightly golden brown, about 1 or 2 more minutes. Scatter the almonds over top. Serve immediately.

TROUT AMANDINE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
• Saute almonds in butter until golden.
• Add 1/4 teaspoons salt and lemon juice; remove from heat. Set aside.
• Combine remaining 1/2 teaspoons salt, flour, pepper, and thyme.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Dip fillets in milk; dredge in flour mixture.
• Fry fillets, 2 at a time until browned on both sides; drain in paper towels.
• Remove to a serving dish; drizzle with almond butter sauce, and sprinkle with parsley.

TROUT AMANDINE (TROUT ALMONDINE)

Steps:

• To Make Creole Spice Mix: Mix together all spices in a bowl. Transfer the spices to a clean container with a tight-fitting lid. Store up to six months.
• To Make Trout Amandine: Pour the milk into a breading tray or wide dish. Put the flour and 1 tablespoon Creole Spices into another breading tray and stir to combine. Season the filets with salt and pepper, dip them into the milk and dredge in the seasoned flour.
• Melt 4 tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the fillets and cook on each side until golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer the fish to a serving platter.
• Add the remaining 4 tablespoons butter to the same skillet over medium-high heat. Swirl the skillet over the heat so that the butter melts evenly and cook until the butter turns brownish, 3-4 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium-low, add the almonds, and cook, stirring gently, until the nuts are toasty brown, about 2 minutes. Add the lemon juice, parsley, and a dash of salt.
• Spoon the browned butter and almonds over the fish and serve.

WHOLE TROUT AMANDINE

Steps:

• Use fresh or frozen trout make sure the fish is fully defrosted.
• Make sure the broiler is on and is very hot (preheat).
• Tost the almond in about 1 tbs of butter, keep warm.
• Cut the lemon into 3 or 6 slices.
• Place 1/3 of the lemon in the cavity of each fish.
• Line a broiler tray with buttered foil.
• Smear a little butter on each side of the fish.
• Broil trout for abou 5 minutes.
• Turn the fish carefully smear a little more butter and broil for about 5 minutes more.
• Ganish the trout with the toasted almods.
• If you are deboning add the almonds after the deboning has been done.