Baked trout with spinach butter sauce is an exquisite dish that combines the delicate flavor of trout with the richness of spinach butter sauce. This classic French dish is sure to impress your guests, and it's surprisingly easy to make. The key to this recipe is the spinach butter sauce. Made with a simple combination of fresh spinach, butter, lemon juice, and garlic, this sauce is incredibly flavorful and complements the trout perfectly.
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CRISPY TROUT WITH KITCHEN BUTTER SAUCE
Steps:
- If it's convenient, set the serving plates to warm in a low oven (175 degrees F) as you prepare the fish.
- For the sauce, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and thyme and cook them briefly until lightly browned. Add the cream, bring it to a boil and reduce quickly by half. Add the remaining 10 tablespoons butter gradually, pat by pat, whisking until incorporated. When the sauce is smooth and thick, discard the garlic and thyme and add the chives, sherry vinegar, tarragon and salt and pepper to taste.
- Heat two large cast-iron skillets over medium-high heat. Sprinkle both sides of the fish with salt and pepper and dust the skin sides with the flour. When the pans are hot, add enough canola oil to thinly coat the bottom of each and add a fish to each pan, skin-side down. Cook until the skins turn golden brown and opaque doneness creeps into the pink flesh of the fish. You want to cook the fish nearly all the way through on the skin side. Flip the fish and transfer them to a plate to keep warm in the oven. Cook the remaining fish.
- Pour 3 to 4 tablespoons of sauce onto each warm plate, top with a trout, skin side pointing up, and serve immediately.
BAKED TROUT WITH SPINACH-BUTTER SAUCE
Provided by Darina Allen
Categories Dairy Fish Leafy Green Herb Bake Quick & Easy Trout
Yield Makes 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375° F.
- Clean the trout and wash well, making sure to remove the line of blood from the inside near the backbone. Dry with paper towels and season inside and out with salt and freshly ground pepper. Put a lump of butter and a sprig of fennel into the center of each trout. Take a large sheet of aluminum foil and smear a little butter on the center. Put the trout onto the buttered bit and fold over the edges into a papillote shape. Seal well to ensure that none of the juices can escape. Repeat with the other trout. Put the two foil parcels on a baking sheet, making sure they are not touching. Bake in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the spinach-butter sauce. Remove any large stems from the spinach and wash well. Cook in 2 1/2 cups salted boiling water for 4-5 minutes or until just soft and tender. Drain, pressing out every last drop of water, then mince the spinach. Put the cream into a saucepan and simmer on low heat until reduced to about 3 tablespoons. Then, on a very low heat, whisk in the butter bit by bit as though you were making a hollandaise sauce. Stir in the spinach.
- When the fish is cooked, open the parcels and use some of the delicious juices to thin the sauce. Put the two parcels on a hot serving dish and bring to the table. Skin the fish and lift the juicy pink flesh onto hot plates. Spoon the spinach-butter sauce over the fish and eat immediately.
BAKED TROUT FILLETS
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Arrange trout fillets in a large baking dish.
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir green onion, parsley, and garlic until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in mushrooms and continue to cook until just softened, 1 to 2 minutes more. Add white wine, lemon juice, salt, and cayenne pepper. Remove from heat and gently stir in artichoke hearts; pour mixture over trout.
- Bake in preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 20 minutes. Remove baking dish from oven and scatter tomatoes over fish.
- Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
- Return baking dish to oven and broil until fish is browned, 1 to 2 minutes more.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 304.2 calories, Carbohydrate 8.4 g, Cholesterol 91.6 mg, Fat 16.9 g, Fiber 1.9 g, Protein 22.7 g, SaturatedFat 8.8 g, Sodium 601 mg, Sugar 1 g
MOUNTAIN TROUT WITH BUTTER SAUCE
After he and his wife visited Mast Farm Inn in Valle Crucis, North Carolina, he wished he'd asked for the recipe for the fantastic rainbow trout dinner they'd eaten. Taste of Home found him this wonderful recipe.-Joseph Noah, Clarksville, Virginia
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 20m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Season trout with salt and pepper; dredge with flour. Heat oil in a skillet. Saute trout quickly in hot oil, browning evenly on both sides. , Remove trout to a shallow baking pan. Bake at 350° for 5-10 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork; keep warm., Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat butter until butter begins to brown. Carefully add lemon juice (hot butter will bubble with juice is added). Blend in gravy if desired. Spoon sauce over fish or serve on the side.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 695 calories, Fat 46g fat (15g saturated fat), Cholesterol 176mg cholesterol, Sodium 321mg sodium, Carbohydrate 18g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 50g protein.
ARCTIC CHAR WITH SPINACH BUTTER
Darina Allen, known as the Julia Child of Ireland, has run the Ballymaloe Cooking School on an organic farm in east Cork for more than 30 years. Here's a lovely dish from her repertoire, a whole fish wrapped in a foil package, seasoned with nothing more than salt, pepper, butter and a sprig of tarragon. The fish emerges moist and juicy, ready for a creamy butter sauce packed with chopped spinach and herbs. Ms. Allen makes it with pink trout, which are plentiful in Ireland, but this recipe calls for Arctic char, which is more widely available in the United States. But you could substitute pink trout (also called coho trout) if you can find it, or large wild trout, or even thick fillets of steelhead trout or salmon.
Provided by David Tanis
Categories dinner, main course
Time 50m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Put spinach in a mixing bowl and pour boiling water over to wilt it. Drain in a colander, rinse with cool water and squeeze completely dry. Chop the spinach as finely as you can and set aside.
- Heat oven to 375 degrees. Rinse fish and pat dry. Season fish inside and out with salt and pepper. Put a few tarragon springs in the belly cavity.
- Line a roasting pan with a big piece of foil slightly longer than the fish, leaving ends hanging over. Smear middle section of foil lengthwise with 1 tablespoon soft butter and set fish on top. Smear top of fish with remaining tablespoon soft butter. Fold the sides of foil to the center and press against fish. Twist both ends of foil to make a tight package. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove pan from oven and let fish rest 5 to 10 minutes, still in the foil package, while you make the sauce.
- Put crème fraîche in a wide saucepan or skillet over medium high heat and bring to a simmer. Cook for a minute or so, until slightly reduced. Add cooked spinach, stirring to coat. Season with salt and pepper and turn heat to low. Quickly stir in 1 tablespoon chilled butter at a time. Each spoonful should be just melted before adding the next, to make a creamy sauce. Remove from heat. Stir in lemon zest, tarragon and chives.
- Transfer fish to a warm serving platter. Carefully remove foil. (Fish should be cooked through but moist.) Peel away and discard skin from top of fish. Pour any collected pan juices into the sauce, then spoon sauce over fish. Serve with boiled new potatoes if desired.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 635, UnsaturatedFat 21 grams, Carbohydrate 4 grams, Fat 43 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 57 grams, SaturatedFat 14 grams, Sodium 871 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram, TransFat 0 grams
TROUT STUFFED WITH GARLIC AND SPINACH
This is from a small cookbook my DM picked up at the Gilroy Garlic Festival some years ago "Totally Garlic Cookbook" by Helene Siegel and Karen Gillinham. This sure looks like a meal meant to be cooked right here in my home...some feel I use too much garlic, I say Never too much garlic.
Provided by Chabear01
Categories Trout
Time 40m
Yield 4 trout, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Blanch the garlic slivers in boiling water 3 minutes. Drain, rinse with cold water, and rinse again.
- Wilt the spinach leaves in a large dry pot over high heat, turning occasionally, 3 minutes. Remove from heat, squeeze out excess water and roughly chop. Combine in small bowl with garlic slivers, salt, and pepper.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Season inside of trout with salt and pepper. Divide spinach mixture and tuck inside fish. Tie with string around center of each to hold stuffing. Dust the outsides with flour and season with salt and pepper.
- Melt butter and oil in 2 large skillets over high heat. Fry the fish about a minutes per side. Transfer to oven and cook 4 minutes, turning after 2 minutes. Serve hot with lemon wedges.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 131.3, Fat 12.8, SaturatedFat 4.6, Cholesterol 15.3, Sodium 76, Carbohydrate 5.7, Fiber 2.3, Sugar 0.2, Protein 1.8
HONEY & LEMON TROUT WITH WILTED SPINACH
This simple seafood supper is quick, easy and packed with good-for-you ingredients such as oily fish and spinach
Provided by Sara Buenfeld
Categories Dinner, Fish Course, Lunch, Main course, Supper
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Cut 2 large lengths of baking parchment, put thyme in the middle of each one, then top with the trout. Mix the lemon juice with 2 tsp oil and the crushed garlic, pour over the fish and wrap up into 2 parcels, sealing in the juices. Bake for 10 mins on a baking tray.
- Meanwhile, stir-fry the spinach in 1 tsp oil. When almost wilted, add the sliced garlic and the nutmeg, and continue cooking until wilted. Tear the fish parcels open, spoon on the honey and scatter with the lemon zest. Serve still in their parcels, or on top of the spinach.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 333 calories, Fat 17 grams fat, SaturatedFat 3 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 9 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 8 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 34 grams protein, Sodium 0.5 milligram of sodium
BUTTERY TROUT WITH CAPERS
Don't turn straight to salmon, trout is a wonderful classic fish with a great flavour, especially in this recipe. Or, make it veggie with halloumi
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Buffet, Dinner, Main course, Supper
Time 15m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Rinse the fish, then pat dry with kitchen paper. Put in a roasting tray, season, then dot with a third of the butter. Roast for 10-12 mins.
- When the fish is almost ready, melt the remaining butter in a frying pan. Turn up the heat until it turns brown. Take off the heat, then add lemon juice, parsley and capers. Pour over the fish, then serve with green beans.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 345 calories, Fat 26 grams fat, SaturatedFat 14 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 1 grams carbohydrates, Protein 28 grams protein, Sodium 1.04 milligram of sodium
Tips:
- Choose the right trout: Select fresh, firm trout fillets with bright eyes and a mild, fresh smell. Avoid fillets that are slimy or have a strong fishy odor.
- Prepare the spinach butter sauce in advance: This will give the flavors time to meld and develop. You can make the sauce up to 3 days ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator.
- Don't overcook the trout: Trout is a delicate fish that cooks quickly. Overcooking will make it tough and dry. Cook the trout until it is just opaque in the center, about 5 minutes per side.
- Serve the trout immediately: Trout is best served hot out of the oven. You can garnish it with fresh herbs, such as dill or parsley, and a squeeze of lemon juice.
Conclusion:
Baked trout with spinach butter sauce is a delicious and elegant dish that is perfect for a special occasion. It is easy to make and can be tailored to your own taste. If you are looking for a healthy and flavorful way to enjoy trout, this recipe is for you.
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