How do you cook trout ?

Peakma · 21 October 2005 at 1:05AM

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post.I bought some rainbow trout in tesco tonight, and I haven't got a clue what to do with them, do I need to chop the heads off, or gut them or anything- wash them ? I don't know?!
Any tips or recipes, what to serve with etc, gratefuly received.

Beckipeg · 21 October 2005 at 1:09AM

Just wrap them in a bit of tin foil with a smear of butter and splash of lemon juice. Bake in medium oven for 10-15mins. Unwrap and serve with toasted almonds (or roast in microwave with butter), carrots, broccoli and boiled new potatoes. mmmm

critical1 · 21 October 2005 at 1:28AM

I also use a bit of white wine and half an onion, pinch of pepper and salt Mmmmm

Quasar · 21 October 2005 at 1:42AM

Erm... all very well folks, but don't you think that the first thing to be addressed, before the butter etc, is whether Peakma should "chop the heads off, or gut them..."..? I think she (or he?) needs advice on how to do it.

No, I don't know anything about trouts, I just stuck my nose in...

Queenie · 21 October 2005 at 4:01AM

Peakma wrote:

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post.I bought some rainbow trout in tesco tonight, and I haven't got a clue what to do with them, do I need to chop the heads off, or gut them or anything- wash them ? I don't know?!
Any tips or recipes, what to serve with etc, gratefuly received.

Whenever I have bought trout from Tesco, they are already gutted - if your's aren't ... then yes, you need to gut them.

You can cook them with the heads on and then take them off once cooked (I always cook with the head on - no particular reason, other than, I want as much flesh left on as possible and I would probably make a hash out of taking the heads off

)

You can grill them, fry them, microwave them, oven bake them.

I prefer to grill mine (preheat the grill). Takes a couple of minutes on each side. I don't add butter but that's my preference.

Oooh, I've not had rainbow trout in aaaaages :drool: Do enjoy, it's a lovely flavour :drool: :drool:

sukey13 · 21 October 2005 at 6:54AM

I grill them on high on each side till they start going brown. Leaving heads on and I've never had to gut them as it's already done by Tesco.

Delicious!

Pink. · 21 October 2005 at 10:43AM

Hi Peakma,

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Lillibet_2 · 21 October 2005 at 11:32AM

They should already be gutted, heads are a personal thing as you can safely cook them but some people don't like to have their dinner looking at them whilst they are eating it!
Try grilling them with flaked almonds on top/stuffed inside. Delicious & the almonds really enhance the flavour.

HTH;)

Pink. · 21 October 2005 at 11:49AM

I buy them gutted, but sometimes have to cook one my son has caught :eek: . To gut slit the full length of the underside and and basically scoop out the insides a running tap. Really not a pleasant job, so if you can get your fishmonger to do it for you, do.

I cook mine in the oven wrapped in foil with heads on (again just a personal preference). I also like to insert a couple of slices of lemon and add some black pepper into the cavity for extra flavour.

Pink

GreenFingers_2 · 21 October 2005 at 2:03PM

I’ve been fly fishing for trout for quite a number of years and do cook them fairly often. Essentially they are really no different from other fish to cook. The larger ones I catch… ahem …

... say over 2lbs….. after gutting and cleaning them, I cut into steaklets, like the cuts of salmon you see in the supermarket. They freeze well too. These can be grilled, lightly fried in the pan or baked in the oven on a tray or in tin foil with some butter, olive oil and a few herbs or a slice or two of lemon. I don’t normally catch small ones… hee hee…

but I’m led to believe these can be grilled in a similar way to herrings and mackerels. Barbequed trout done in tinfoil is also very, very tasty.

I have a very good cook book for Trout and Salmon which I would recommend if you can get a copy. I don’t know if its still in print but the details are:-

Author – Margaret Ashby
Published – 1985
Title – The Hook to Cook Book – Salmon and Trout Recipes
ISBN – 0 85493 145 7
Publisher – HF & G Witherby Ltd

Hope this helps.

Bargain_Rzl · 21 October 2005 at 2:04PM

I like brown trout better than rainbow trout - my dad used to catch them (both sorts, plus the occasional grayling). They are soooo much nicer if you catch them fresh, but you do of course then have to gut them! Sorry if TMI but for the curious-minded it can be quite interesting, as you can find out what they had for lunch etc. Make sure you get rid of all the swim bladder (the thing that looks like an inflatable tube, attached to the spine) as it's a b*gger to remove - scraping with a fine-edged teaspoon normally does the trick. Pink-winged is right about doing it under a running tap!

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