Trout with caper sauce is a classic French dish that is both elegant and easy to prepare. The delicate flavor of the trout is perfectly complemented by the tangy, briny capers, and the creamy sauce adds a touch of richness. This dish is sure to impress your guests, and it's also a great way to enjoy fresh, seasonal trout.
The article includes two recipes for trout with caper sauce:
* **Trout with Brown Butter Caper Sauce:** This recipe uses browned butter to add a nutty flavor to the sauce. The capers are added at the end, so they retain their bright green color and sharp flavor.
* **Trout with White Wine Caper Sauce:** This recipe uses white wine to create a light, flavorful sauce. The capers are added at the beginning of the cooking process, so they have time to mellow and infuse the sauce with their flavor.
Both recipes are simple to follow and can be prepared in under 30 minutes. They're perfect for a weeknight meal or a special occasion dinner. Serve the trout with roasted potatoes, steamed vegetables, or a simple green salad.
SPECKLED TROUT IN CAPERS AND WHITE WINE
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking dish with aluminum foil.
- Place trout in the middle of the aluminum foil; top with butter, lemon pepper, capers, and paprika. Pour cooking wine over trout. Close foil around the trout.
- Bake in the preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 30 minutes. Garnish trout with parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 398.6 calories, Carbohydrate 1.8 g, Cholesterol 152.7 mg, Fat 21.9 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 40.9 g, SaturatedFat 10.2 g, Sodium 918.1 mg, Sugar 0.7 g
TROUT WITH CAPER SAUCE
Provided by Robert Irvine : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 1h55m
Yield Serves 6
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- For the mashed potatoes: Put the potatoes in a large pot with 2 gallons of cold water. Bring the water and potatoes to a boil and cook until the potatoes are tender. Strain the potatoes and allow them to rest in the strainer over the sink for 5 to 10 minutes so they steam and dry out a bit. While the potatoes are draining combine the cream and butter in the pot and bring to a boil, melting the butter.
- Put the potatoes back into the pot with the cream and the butter and whip with an electric hand mixer until the potatoes are smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Keep warm. (If the potatoes cool off, heat them in a pan with the additional 1/4 cup cream and 2 tablespoons butter just before plating.)
- For the vegetables: Prepare a large bowl of ice water for shocking the vegetables after blanching. Bring 2 gallons of water to a rolling boil and add the salt.
- Add half of the green beans to the boiling water and cook until tender but not over-cooked, about 3 minutes. Transfer the beans to the ice bath using a hand strainer. Allow the water to come back up to a rolling boil and repeat the process with the remainder of the green beans and then the carrots.
- For the trout: Line a baking sheet with paper towels. Heat a large skillet over high heat until smoking hot and reduce the heat to medium-high. Season the trout with salt and pepper, then dredge the skin side of the trout in the flour. Coat the skillet with grape seed oil.
- Place the trout in the skillet skin-side down and sear until the skin is golden brown and the flesh begins to turn opaque. Gently flip the filets over and finish cooking for an additional 2 minutes. Transfer the trout to the prepared baking sheet and allow the cooked trout to rest for 5 minutes.
- For the sauce: Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spread the almonds on a baking sheet and toast in the oven until they just begin to brown, about 5 minutes. Set aside.
- Heat a large saute pan over high heat until it begins to smoke. Add the grape seed oil to the pan and then add the shallots and capers. Saute for 2 minutes.
- Add the lemon juice and bring to a boil; cook until reduced by half. Take the pan off the heat and add the butter a little at a time, swirling the pan to emulsify the butter into the lemon juice. Season the sauce to taste with salt and pepper (be careful with the salt because the capers can be very salty already). Stir in the chopped parsley.
- For plating: In a large saute pan over high heat add the carrots and green beans and enough water to create a thin layer in the pan. Allow the water to boil and once the beans and carrots are hot, season them with salt and pepper.
- Place a scoop of the mashed potatoes in the center of each of 6 plates. Arrange two filets of trout on top, flesh-side up. Arrange the carrots and green beans leaning on the trout to one side.
- Spoon 2 ounces of sauce onto each plate and sprinkle the toasted almond slices over the top of the fish. Serve immediately.
PAN-FRIED TROUT WITH ROSEMARY, LEMON AND CAPERS
This 1994 recipe gets Provencal flavors on the table in minutes. Fresh rosemary needles are pressed into the fillets, which are seasoned in flour and pan fried for a crisp exterior and flaky inside. A sauce built on shallots, white wine and lemon adds complexity. Pair it with a light vegetable like sautéed asparagus, or a bright arugula salad, and serve with some of that white wine for an easy, refreshing spring dinner.
Provided by Molly O'Neill
Categories dinner, easy, quick, weeknight, times classics, main course
Time 20m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Press 1/2 teaspoon of the rosemary needles into the flesh of each trout fillet. Combine the flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste. Coat the fillets in the seasoned flour.
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the trout and saute until cooked through, about 2 1/2 minutes per side. Remove the trout from the pan and place on warmed plates. Add the shallots to the skillet and cook, stirring constantly, for 15 seconds.
- Pour in the wine and reduce to 1/3 cup, about 5 minutes. Stir in the lemon juice, capers and remaining teaspoon rosemary and remove from the heat. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Place 1 trout fillet on each of 4 plates, spoon the sauce over the trout and serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 240, UnsaturatedFat 6 grams, Carbohydrate 13 grams, Fat 8 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 17 grams, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 388 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams, TransFat 0 grams
CRISPY TROUT WITH LEMON-CAPER SAUCE
Steps:
- Whisk butter, lemon juice, and capers together in a mixing bowl until smooth. Rinse trout under cold water and pat dry well with paper towels. Brush with oil and season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until rippling but not smoking. Add trout, skin side down (in batches if necessary), and cook for 3 minutes; turn and cook 1 minute longer. Remove from pan, top with lemon sauce, and serve hot.
BUTTERFLIED TROUT IN LEMON CAPER BUTTER
Steps:
- Lay out the trout so the skin side is down. Open the flesh like a book. With a sharp knife, carefully cut out the backbone, making sure to keep the fillets attached at the head and the tail. Season both sides of the trout with salt and pepper.
- Lightly dredge both sides of the trout with flour, shaking off any excess. Heat a large saute pan over high heat. When the pan is hot, add enough olive oil to lightly coat the bottom of the pan. Heat the oil until it shimmers when swirled. Carefully add the trout, flesh-side down, starting at the tail and laying away from you towards the head. You may need to cook the trout in batches. Cook until golden brown on both sides, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove to a platter and keep warm.
- Once the trout is all cooked, return the pan to medium-high heat and remove all but 1 tablespoon of the oil. Add 2 tablespoons of the butter and cook just until it begins to brown and smell nutty, about 3 minutes. Add the capers, lemons, croutons, white wine, and lemon juice and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the remaining tablespoon of butter and remove from the heat. Stir in the parsley and pour over the trout.
- Heat a large saute pan over high heat. Add the olive oil and heat. When the oil is hot, add the bread cubes and cook, stirring, until toasted and golden brown, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from the heat and cool.
BUTTERY TROUT WITH CAPERS
Don't turn straight to salmon, trout is a wonderful classic fish with a great flavour, especially in this recipe. Or, make it veggie with halloumi
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Buffet, Dinner, Main course, Supper
Time 15m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Rinse the fish, then pat dry with kitchen paper. Put in a roasting tray, season, then dot with a third of the butter. Roast for 10-12 mins.
- When the fish is almost ready, melt the remaining butter in a frying pan. Turn up the heat until it turns brown. Take off the heat, then add lemon juice, parsley and capers. Pour over the fish, then serve with green beans.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 345 calories, Fat 26 grams fat, SaturatedFat 14 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 1 grams carbohydrates, Protein 28 grams protein, Sodium 1.04 milligram of sodium
TROUT WITH CAPER SAUCE
this is a very quick easy meal that even a novice can cook. to make it easier buy your trout at the fishmongers and get them to gut and clean the fish.
Provided by Chef ian b
Categories < 30 Mins
Time 16m
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- a few hours before cooking put oil in a bowl with the crushed garlic and lemon juice and beat together then add capers and salt and pepper to taste.
- then leave to infuse.
- when ready to cook fish, remove grill rack from pan and line with foil, pre heat grill and arrange the trout over the foil,.
- then gash the trout twice in the thickest part of the body and brush with a little oil and a sprinkle of salt and pepper.
- then pour over the caper sauce.
- grill under a high heat untill the skins become crispy brown (3-4 mins each side).
- then serve with the pan juices alongside a nice fresh salad or good old fashioned chips.
Tips:
- To ensure the trout is cooked evenly, make sure the fillets are of uniform thickness. If necessary, use a sharp knife to trim the fillets to an even thickness.
- If you don't have a steamer, you can cook the trout in a shallow baking dish filled with a little water. Cover the dish and bake the trout in a preheated oven at 350°F for 10-12 minutes, or until the fish is cooked through.
- To make the caper sauce, use fresh capers for the best flavor. If you only have dried capers, soak them in warm water for 10 minutes before using.
- Taste the sauce before serving and adjust the seasonings as needed. You may want to add more lemon juice, salt, or pepper to taste.
- Serve the trout with the caper sauce immediately. The fish can also be served cold, making it a great option for a summer picnic or lunch.
Conclusion:
Trout with caper sauce is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a weeknight dinner or a special occasion. The trout is cooked until flaky and tender, and the caper sauce is a tangy and flavorful complement to the fish. This dish is sure to please everyone at the table.
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