Trout Steaks with Parsley Potatoes and Lemon Sauce
Trout is a fish we should cook more of. Cut into steaks, it's quick to cook and is great grilled or barbecued. This simple recipe from Anja Auer lets...
- Serves: 2 persons
Ingredients
- 2whole trout (about 250g each), gutted and cleaned, cut into 2cm steaks
- 1EL sunflower oil
- 1Prisen sea salt
- black pepper
- 500g potatoes, peeled and quartered
- 1Prisen salt
- 1EL butter
- 1Bund parsley, leaves chopped
- 1EL butter
- 1TL plain flour
- 200ml double cream
- ½lemon, juiced
Instructions
Step 1
Preparation:Step 2
For the parsley potatoes, put the potatoes in a saucepan with the water and salt and simmer on a low heat for about 20 minutes until tender when tested with a knife.Step 3
Drain the potatoes, return them to the pan, add the butter and let it melt over the warm potatoes. Stir in the parsley. Season and set aside until ready to serve (or chill in the fridge).Step 4
Preheat the grill to medium, or prepare the barbecue for cooking (it is ready when the coals have a thin layer of white ash). Alternatively, you can cook the fish on a hot grill pan over high heat.Step 5
Brush the trout steaks with sunflower oil.Step 6
Grill the trout steaks for about 3 minutes on each side, turning carefully with a spatula. Season with sea salt and black pepper before serving.Step 7
For the lemon sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat then add the flour, stirring to ensure there are no lumps.Step 8
Whisk in the the cream, stir in with a whisk and bring to the boil until the sauce thickens. Stir in the lemon juice and season with sea salt and pepper.Step 9
Serve the trout steaks with the potatoes on the side and the lemon sauce poured over.