Trout Meuniere

Author

Helen Park

Servings

1

Category

Main Course

Ingredients

• 1 trout, cleaned and boned (2 filets)
• ½ tsp fine sea salt, plus a pinch for the sauce
• ½ tsp ground Muntok pepper
• 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour (regular or gluten free)
• 2 Tbsp butter
• ¼ cup diced lemon 
• 1 Tbsp capers, drained
• 1 Tbsp roughly chopped parsley
• ¼ cup toasted bread cubes (see Recipe Notes below) (regular or gluten free)

Directions

1. Cut a little off the top and bottom to make flat sides.  Try to cut as little as you can to not waste lemon.
2. Stand the lemon on its end and cut down the lemon following the rounded shape of the lemon.  This little knife is a good one for this task.
3. Then cut each out the lemon segments, cutting close to the membrane, and remove the seeds.
4. Line up the segments and dice them into 3-4 pieces depending on how big the lemon filets are.
5. Heat a 10” pan over medium heat with the olive oil until shimmering.
6. While the pan is heating, season both sides of each filet with the salt and muntok pepper.
7. Dust the filet with the flour on the skin side only and knock off the excess.
8. When the pan is ready, lay each filet, skin side down, into the pan.
9. As the filets cook, they may bow a little.  You can use the backside of a spoon or spatula to gently press the filet flat so that the skin is in contact with the pan and has time to get crispy.
10. When the skin is crispy and the flesh is half cooked, add the butter and gently swirl the pan to slide some butter under the fish and help the butter brown evenly.
11. When the butter is browned, add the capers, lemon, bread cubes, and a pinch of salt.  Give the pan another swirl to disperse the garnish and finish with parsley.
12. Flip each filet over onto the flesh side for just a second and then right out onto the serving plate.
13. Spoon the browned butter sauce and garnish over each filet and enjoy!