Smoked Trout Rillettes With Radishes And Celery Food

SMOKED TROUT RILLETTES WITH RADISHES AND CELERY

Steps:

• Mix mascarpone, green onion, chopped dill, and 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice in small bowl. Add trout and stir gently to blend. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and more lemon juice, if desired. Transfer mixture to small serving bowl. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before serving.
• Place bowl with rillettes on platter; surround with crackers, bread slices, radishes, and celery stalks and serve.
• WHAT TO DRINK:
• An oak-aged white wine with grapefruit notes and toasty flavors, like the Rudd 2005 Sauvignon Blanc (Napa Valley, $35), plays well with the smoked trout and radishes.
• *An Italian cream cheese; sold at many supermarkets and at Italian markets.

SMOKED TROUT RILLETTES WITH RADISHES AND CELERY RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Mix mascarpone, green onion, chopped dill, and 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice in small bowl. Add trout and stir gently to blend. Season to taste with salt, pepper and more lemon juice, if desired. Transfer mixture to small serving bowl. Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before serving. Place bowl with rillettes on platter; surround with crackers, bread slices, radishes, and celery stalks and serve

SMOKED TROUT WITH CELERY SALAD

Steps:

• Place onion in a small bowl and toss with 1/2 teaspoon salt.Let sit for 10 minutes, then rinse and dry on paper towels. In a large bowl,mix onion with celery and lettuce.Sprinkle with lemon juice and oil,season with salt,and toss until ingredients are lightly slicked with oil.
• In a small bowl,whisk together sour cream,horseradish and capers.Season with salt and pepper.Lay a trout fillet on each of four plates.Dab a little sauce on each.Arrange a mound of salad next to each fillet and serve,passing remaining horseradish sauce separately.

LENTILS WITH SMOKED TROUT RILLETES

Steps:

• In a medium size pot, combine lentils, water, onion, bay leaf, garlic and optional cayenne. Bring to a gentle boil over medium-high heat. Add salt, cover, reduce heat to low and simmer 30 to 40 minutes, until lentils are cooked through but still have some texture. They should not be mushy but they shouldn't be crunchy either. Taste and adjust salt. Add pepper. Using tongs, remove and discard onion and bay leaf.
• While lentils are simmering make rillettes. In a medium bowl, break up trout with your fingers or with a fork. In a small bowl, mix together olive oil and butter until well amalgamated. Mash trout with a fork, then work in olive oil and butter, and yogurt. Make sure to mash well and to distribute butter, olive oil and yogurt evenly through the mixture. Work in lemon juice and stir in minced chives and pepper. Refrigerate if not using right away. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before serving.
• Spoon warm lentils onto plates or wide bowls. To form quenelles, dip a soup spoon into warm water and scoop up a spoonful of trout mixture. With another soup spoon, round the top of the mound, then ease off on top of the lentils. Repeat with another spoonful and serve.