Trout Almandine Food

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.

LEMON TROUT ALMONDINE

Steps:

• Sprinkle trout with salt and pepper.
• Dust the fish filets in the flour.
• Heat the olive oil and butter on medium high heat.
• Add fish filets and cook until light brown on both sides.
• Remove from pan and cover to keep warm.
• Return pan to heat and add 1 T butter.
• Add the almonds and saute, then add the fresh lemon juice.
• Heat it through, then spoon over the fish filets.
• Serve with additional lemon wedges.

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 ALMONDINE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, melt the 1/3 cup butter or margarine in a microwave for approximately 30 seconds.
• Add almonds and heat, uncovered, in the microwave for 3 minutes or until lightly browned; stir occasionally.
• Set almonds aside.
• Arrange fish in a shallow, 10-inch, heat resistant, baking dish.
• Place 1 tablespoon of butter on each fish and sprinkle with lemon juice, salt, and pepper, to taste.
• Cover with wax paper and heat for 7 minutes or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.
• Spoon browned almonds over fish and heat, uncovered, in the microwave for 2 minutes or until heated throughly.

TROUT ALMONDINE

Steps:

• Combine the Worcestershire, onions, bay leaves, and lemons in a medium-size saucepan over medium-high heat. Mash the lemons down with the back of a spoon and bring the mixture to a boil. Simmer until it has reduced and becomes slightly thick, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the cream and whisk to blend. Cook for 1 minute. Mount in the 1 stick of the butter, whisking constantly until it is completely melted and blended into the mixture. Strain through a sieve, set aside and keep warm. Season the trout and flour with Essence. Dredge the fish in the flour, coating each side completely. In a large saute pan, over medium heat, add 1/4 cup of the oil. When the oil in hot, add the fillets. Pan-fry for 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Remove and drain on paper towels. In another saute pan, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Add the shallots. Season with salt and pepper. Saute for 1 minute. Add the garlic, potatoes, and bread crumbs. Season with salt and pepper. Saute for 2 minutes. Stir in the (Meunire) sauce. Continue to saute for 1 minute. Remove from the heat. In another saute pan, melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter. Add the almonds and saute for 2 minutes. Stir into the Meunire sauce. Remove from the heat and keep warm. To serve, spoon the potatoes in the center of each plate. Lay the fish directly on top of the potatoes. Spoon the sauce over the fish. Garnish with parsley.
• Combine the Worcestershire, onions, bay leaves, and lemons in a medium-size saucepan over medium-high heat. Mash the lemons down with the back of a spoon and bring the mixture to a boil. Simmer until it has reduced and becomes slightly thick, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the cream and whisk to blend. Cook for 1 minute. Mount in the 1 stick of the butter, whisking constantly until it is completely melted and blended into the mixture. Strain through a sieve, set aside and keep warm. Season the trout and flour with Essence. Dredge the fish in the flour, coating each side completely. In a large saute pan, over medium heat, add 1/4 cup of the oil. When the oil in hot, add the fillets. Pan-fry for 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Remove and drain on paper towels. In another saute pan, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Add the shallots. Season with salt and pepper. Saute for 1 minute. Add the garlic, potatoes, and bread crumbs. Season with salt and pepper. Saute for 2 minutes. Stir in the (Meunire) sauce. Continue to saute for 1 minute. Remove from the heat. In another saute pan, melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter. Add the almonds and saute for 2 minutes. Stir into the Meunire sauce. Remove from the heat and keep warm. To serve, spoon the potatoes in the center of each plate. Lay the fish directly on top of the potatoes. Spoon the sauce over the fish. Garnish with parsley.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly.

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.

CITRUS TROUT ALMONDINE

Steps:

• Drizzle 2 sheets of foil with olive oil; sprinkle each with 1/4 cup sliced almonds and 3/4 teaspoon crushed coriander seeds. Brush four 6-ounce trout fillets with more olive oil; season with salt and pepper. Place each fillet, skin-side down, on top of the nuts. Top with a few orange slices (leave the peel on), then add another fillet, skin-side up, to form a trout sandwich. Sprinkle with more almonds and coriander seeds. Fold up the foil sheets and grill over high heat until the fish is just cooked through and the almonds are toasted, 8 to 10 minutes. Carefully loosen the almond crust from the bottom of the foil with a spatula.

TROUT ALMANDINE WITH BRABANT POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to warm, about 170 degrees F. Preheat an electric fryer to 365 degrees F and fry the potatoes until golden brown, drain and set aside, season with salt. Alternatively you may fry them on the stove in a Dutch oven.
• In a large saute pan, over medium heat, melt 4 tablespoons of the butter. Add the shallots, garlic, and potatoes, season with salt and pepper and saute for 2 minutes. Transfer the potatoes to the oven to keep warm while you are cooking the fish. Season the fillets, flour, and egg wash with the Essence. Dredge the fillets in the seasoned flour, coating completely. Dip each fillet in the egg wash, letting the excess drip off then dredge the fillets back into the seasoned flour, coating completely. Set aside.
• In a large cast-iron skillet set over medium heat, melt 4 tablespoons of the butter. Add the fillets and pan fry until they are golden brown, about 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Remove the fish from the pan, drain on paper towels set over a plate, then transfer to fish to the oven to keep warm. Wipe out the skillet. Melt the remaining 4 tablespoons butter. Add the almonds, season with salt and pepper and saute for 5 minutes or until the almonds are golden. Remove from the heat and stir in the lemon juice and parsley. To serve, spoon the potatoes in the center of each plate. Lay the fish on top of the potatoes. Then spoon the almond butter sauce over the fish.

GRILLED TROUT ALMONDINE WITH RADICCHIO AND ORANGE-ALMOND VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Heat a charcoal or gas grill to high for direct grilling. Brush the cut sides of the oranges and radicchio with some olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Put the oranges and radicchio cut-side down on the grill and cook just until charred and slightly softened. Transfer the radicchio to a platter.
• Squeeze the orange juice into a bowl and whisk in the almonds, vinegar, parsley, honey, mustard and salt and pepper to taste. Slowly whisk in the olive oil until emulsified. Let sit at room temperature for at least 15 minutes before serving.
• Brush the trout fillets with canola oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper on both sides. Grill until golden brown and slightly charred on both sides and just cooked through, about 3 minutes per side. Remove to the platter with the radicchio and immediately drizzle with the vinaigrette. Garnish with parsley leaves.

TROUT AMANDINE, STEAMED ASPARAGUS, AND NEW POTATOES

Steps:

• Place oven on low and rest a platter on an oven rack.
• Add potatoes to a deep pot of boiling water; just enough to cover potatoes. Salt water and add potato halves. The potatoes will cook for about 12 minutes for fork tender.
• Hold asparagus spears at each end. Snap asparagus tips from tough ends by bending spears. Place spears in a colander. Rest colander on top of the potato pot and place a cover over the colander. The asparagus will steam while the potatoes cook. Do this the last 5 or 6 minutes that the potatoes are cooking.
• Potatoes will be just about done when the last of your trout is going into the skillet (method follows.) When the potatoes are tender, take a minute to drain them and return them to warm pot. Leave asparagus covered and set aside. Dress potatoes with chives, a drizzle of olive oil and a little salt. Leave in warm pot until trout is on the table, then transfer to a serving bowl.
• Heat a large skillet over moderate heat. Combine egg and milk in a tin pie plate, beat with a fork. Place a cup of flour in a second pie tin and season well with salt and sparingly with pepper. Coat trout fillets in egg and milk, then in seasoned flour. Collect fillets on a plate until all of them are dredged and ready to be cooked.
• Add 1/2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil to your skillet, half a turn of the pan in a slow stream. Add 1 1/2 tablespoons butter to the pan. When the butter foams, add trout and gently saute 4 fillets for 2 or 3 minutes on each side, until golden. Transfer trout fillets to warm platter in oven.
• Return pan to the stove and add 1/2 tablespoon extra-virgin oil and 1 1/2 tablespoons butter. When butter foams, repeat cooking process. When all of the trout is cooked, add last tablespoon of butter to the pan. When the butter melts, add almonds and brown until lightly golden, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Remove trout from oven and pour almonds over the platter. Garnish platter with chopped parsley, lemon wedges, steamed asparagus spears, and potatoes.

CLASSIC TROUT ALMONDINE

Steps:

• line the grill pan with foil. Brush both trout with melted butter and grill both sides on a medium heat until the skin is CRISPY. Put fresh dill and toasted almond slices in the centre of the trout.
• Layer ONE side of the the trout with toasted almonds (this can be done easily by layering them on a flat tray under the grill until crisp, light brown and firm) to look like "scales"-place on 2 plates to rest.
• Boil a small tub of single cream with a table of lemon,salt and pepper to taste and a small pinch of sugar. Stir VIGOROUSLY constantly! Add a tsp of ground almonds, finely chopped dill, toasted almond flakes, salt and pepper to taste. Lay ON the plate with a serving spoon, lay the trout on top and then drizzle some more on the almond coated side of your trout. Serve IMMEDIATELY.

TROUT AMANDINE

Steps:

• Sprinkle salt and pepper in the cavities of the trout.
• In shallow bowl, mix eggs and half and half.
• Dip trout in egg mixture, then roll in flour.
• In small skillet, saute the almonds in 2 t butter until light brown.
• Add lemon juice and tarragon.
• Remove from heat; keep warm.
• In large skillet, on med heat, combine oil and remaining butter.
• Fry the trout for 8 minutes, turn and fry another 8 minutes.
• Place trout on serving platter; top with almond mixture.