Smoked Trout And Roasted Pepper Toasts Food

CURRIED SMOKED TROUT TOASTS

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler. Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the red onion, jalapeño, garlic and curry powder and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is softened, about 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes and cook, stirring, until they begin to lose their shape, 2 to 4 minutes. Remove from the heat, stir in the smoked trout and season with salt and pepper.
• Arrange the bread slices on a baking sheet and brush both sides with vegetable oil (use 1 tablespoon oil per slice); season with salt and pepper. Broil the bread, turning once, until toasted, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Stir half of the herbs into the trout mixture, then spoon onto the toasts. Toss the fennel with the remaining chopped herbs, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, the fennel fronds and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Serve with the toasts.

SMOKED TROUT AND ROASTED PEPPER TOASTS

Steps:

• In a bowl stir together caraway seeds, lemon juice, mustard, and shallot and add trout, mashing with a fork until finely flaked. Gently stir in roasted peppers and parsley and season with salt and pepper. Top toasts with trout mixture.

SMOKED TROUT APPETIZER TOASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Flake smoked trout into a bowl. Stir in mayonnaise and yellow mustard.
• Make Toasts: Brush baguette slices with olive oil, and season with salt. Toast in oven until golden and crisp.
• Spread trout mixture on toasts. Top with sliced radishes and a little chopped dill.
• Season with salt, pepper, and lemon juice to taste.

SMOKED TROUT AND GARLIC CREAM ON RYE TOASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut 1/2 inch off the top of garlic to expose the cloves, and transfer bulb to a piece of parchment-lined foil. Drizzle with oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Wrap, and bake until soft, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Unwrap, and let cool.
• Meanwhile, cut 36 rounds of bread using a 1 3/4-inch cookie cutter. Transfer to a baking sheet. Bake until golden around edges, about 20 minutes. Let cool.
• Squeeze garlic into a food processor. Blend until almost smooth. Add cream, 1 tablespoon oil, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• Spread 1/2 teaspoon garlic cream onto each toast, and top with trout and cornichons. Serve immediately.

SMOKED TROUT SALAD, CUCUMBER AND ROASTED PEPPER SANDWICH

Steps:

• Drain the trout. Place the fillets in a bowl or in the bowl of a mini-food processor, and flake them. Mix in the yogurt and 1 teaspoon of the mayonnaise. It should have the consistency of tuna salad. Stir in the chopped celery and dill.
• Lightly toast the English muffins. Spread a little mayonnaise on both halves. Spread half the trout mixture over the muffin bottoms. Top with cucumber slices, and douse with a little lemon juice. Layer half the roasted pepper over the cucumber slices. Place the other halves of the English muffins on top, press down, slice in half if desired and serve. Alternately, you may wrap the sandwiches in plastic, refrigerate and serve later.