Trout Maitre D'Hotel Recipe

Summary

Cooking Time10 MinDifficulty LevelEasy
Health IndexHealthy++Cuisine
CourseMethod
VegetarianMain Ingredient
Interest Group

Ingredients

 Butter
 Almonds25 Gram, flaked
 4 trout about 150-175 g (5-6 oz) each
 Salt To Taste
 Ground pepper1 To taste
 Dry white wine60 Milliliter
 Lemon wedges
 Sprigs of parsley
 Maitre d'hotel butter

Directions

Melt 25 g (1 oz) butter and lightly fry the almonds until golden brown.
Reserve to use later.
Wash and clean the trout thoroughly - if they are not too large for pressure cooker leave the heads on, otherwise remove the heads.
Butter four pieces of foil and place the fish on them, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Spoon 15 ml (1 tbsp) wine over each.
Fold thefoil round each fish to make a neat parcel, and seal the ends.
Put the trivet in the cooker and pour in 300 ml (1/2 pint) water.
Put the fish on the trivet or in a flat separator and put on the lid.
Bring to high (15 lb) pressure.
Cookfor 5 minutes.
Reduce pressure quickly.
Remove the fish and open the foil.
Serve the fish head to tail on a hot dish, garnished with lemon wedges and parsley.
Put a portion of maitre d'hotel butter on each fish before serving and sprinkle with browned almonds.
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