Best Mountain Trout Recipes

MOUNTAIN TROUT WITH BUTTER SAUCE

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.

MOUNTAIN TROUT

Steps:

• Preheat grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Combine flour, paprika, rosemary, garlic powder, parsley, dill, salt, and pepper in a large resealable plastic bag. Shake bag to mix contents. Place trout into bag, one at a time, seal bag, and shake to thoroughly coat with seasoned flour. Lay each trout onto a large piece of aluminum foil.
• Insert 1 tablespoon butter, a few lemon slices, and a few slivered almonds into the cavity of each trout; press the cavities closed. Top fish with more lemon slices and almonds. Sprinkle fish with a pinch of paprika, rosemary, garlic powder, parsley and dill.
• Place trout on aluminum foil sheets onto preheated grill and cook until fish are browned and the flesh is opaque and flakes easily, about 8 minutes per side.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAINBOW TROUT WITH TROUT ROE

Steps:

• Open the trout fillets and fan out like a book, lifting open both fillets to create an even, somewhat flat surface.
• In a small bowl, mix together the sumac and salt. Season the trout on both sides with the sumac-salt blend.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high. Working in batches, add one trout at a time, flesh-side down, and cook undisturbed for 1 to 2 minutes. Flip the fish and cook until firm throughout, 1 to 2 more minutes. Transfer the trout to a warm plate, skin-side down, and tent with foil until all the fish is cooked. Repeat with the remaining oil and fish. (You only need 3 tablespoons oil: 1 tablespoon for each batch except the last, which won't need it.)
• Lightly drizzle the cooked trout with more oil, if desired. Garnish with walnuts and watercress; spoon the trout roe on top. Serve immediately.

PECAN-CRUSTED MOUNTAIN TROUT WITH BROWN BUTTER SAGE SAUCE

Steps:

• To make trout:.
• Combine pecans and bread crumbs in food processor and process to medium-fine consistency.
• Season fillets with salt and pepper; brush flesh side of fillet with buttermilk.
• Press pecan mixture on top of buttermilk coating to make thick crust.
• Heat oil in skillet over medium heat; cook fillets, crust side down, until golden brown, about 4 to 5 minutes.
• To make sauce:.
• In same skillet trout was cooked in,melt butter over medium heat and allow it to foam.
• Just as butter begins to turn brown, whisk in sage, lemon juice, and broth.
• Pour over trout and serve.
• * Japanese-style panko crumbs are found in the Oriental section of supermarkets.
• Note:If trout is unavailable, you can use any mild-flavored white fish fillet, such as snapper, halibut, or grouper.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN TROUT WITH HAZELNUTS AND HARICOTS VERTS

Steps:

• Place the hazelnuts on a baking sheet in a preheated 350-degree oven for 10 minutes. When they are lightly toasted, remove from the oven and immediately rub them vigorously in a heavy, dry kitchen towel to remove the skins. Set aside to cool.
• Place the new potatoes, the minced shallots, and the chicken stock in a 2 quart sauce pot. Add 1 teaspoon of salt, and bring to a boil. Lower the heat to a simmer and cover with a tight-fitting lid. Cook for 20 minutes, or until the potatoes are done, but firm. The tip of a knife should penetrate them with a slight resistance.
• Meanwhile, cut off the head and tail of the trout. Using tweezers, remove any pin bones you may find in the trout. Separate the trout into 2 fillets each by cutting down the back of the trout. Season with salt and pepper, and dredge the trout fillets in the flour.
• Add the green beans to the potato pot, cover and place on medium-high heat for 5 minutes.
• Preheat a 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Add the olive oil and 2 tablespoons of butter. Saute the trout fillets, skin side down, until golden brown. Turn the fillets and cook 1 more minute. Remove from the pan, and repeat until all the trout are cooked. Place all the fillets a baking sheet in the oven to keep warm. Add the contents of the potato pot to the trout pan. Add the hazelnuts, bring to a boil, and stir in the lemon juice and butter.
• To serve, divide the potato mixture onto 4 plates, and place 2 fillets, skin side up, crisscrossed on each plate. Spoon the remaining hazelnut sauce over each portion, and serve immediately.

STUFFED MOUNTAIN TROUT

Steps:

• Place trout in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle 3 tablespoons lemon juice, 1-1/2 teaspoons dill and 1-1/2 teaspoons lemon-pepper in the fish cavities and over outside of fish; set aside., In a nonstick skillet, saute onion in butter until tender. Add the parsley and remaining dill and lemon-pepper. Stir in bread crumbs; heat through. Sprinkle with remaining lemon juice; stir gently until moistened. Stuff into fish cavities. , Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 25-30 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

STUFFED ROCKY MOUNTAIN TROUT

Steps:

• Rinse fish and pat dry. Lightly sprinkle inside and outside of fish with salt and pepper set aside.Preheat oven to 425°. Generously grease a broiler pan. In a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat, sauté celery and green onions in butter or margarine for 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and sauté for 2 minutes. Add crumbs, parsley, lemon juice, marjoram, salt and paprika cook and stir for 2 minutes or until crumbs are lightly toasted.Loosely stuff cavity of each fish with one-fourth of the stuffing mixture. Measure height of the largest stuffed fish at the thickest part to determine baking time.Wrap three slices of bacon, spiral-fashion, around each trout, securing stuffing. Place fish in a single layer in broiler pan. Brush each with butter or margarine. Bake 10 minutes per inch of stuffed fish or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Turn oven to broil. Broil 6 inches from heat source until bacon is slightly crisped.To serve, place fish on a heated platter. Garnish with lemon and watercress or parsley. Serve immediately.

MOUNTAIN TROUT WITH LEMONS AND CAPERS

Steps:

• Place the flour in a shallow dish. Add 1 teaspoon of the salt and 1/2 teaspoon of the black pepper; stir with a fork to combine. Lightly season the trout with salt and pepper. (If you prefer not to have your dinner looking at you while you eat it, snip off the fish heads with a pair of kitchen shears.) Dredge both sides of the trout in flour, shaking gently to remove the excess.
• Heat the oil and 1 tablespoon of the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the trout to the skillet, skin side up. Cook until pale golden, about 3 minutes. Turn and continue cooking until the fish is firm, an additional 3 to 4 minutes.
• Remove the trout to a warm serving platter and tent loosely with aluminum foil to keep warm.
• Remove the skillet from the heat. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter, the lemon juice, and capers. Return to the heat if necessary to brown the butter, stirring with a wooden spoon to release the brown bits in the bottom of the skillet, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour the pan sauce over the trout and serve immediately.