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Pan-fried trout with a mussel, clam and baby vegetable ragoût

Prep time less than 30 mins
Cook time less than 30 mins
Serves 4
From Saturday Kitchen
This beautiful dish needs nothing more than good bread to mop up the juices. It would work well with other firm-fleshed fish such as pollock or salmon.

Method


  1. Season the trout fillets on the flesh side with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

  2. Heat a frying pan until hot then add half the butter and the trout, skin side down. Cook the trout for two minutes on each side then remove from the pan.

  3. Place the trout on a chopping board, peel off the skin then cut each fillet into 3-4 pieces and keep warm.

  4. Heat a frying pan until hot then add the remaining butter, the shallots and star anise and cook gently for one minute.

  5. Add the carrots, leeks, potatoes and turnips and continue cooking for another two minutes.

  6. Add the white wine and stock and bring to a simmer. Cook until the liquid has reduced in volume by half. Add the clams and mussels to the pan with the curly kale, return to the boil and cover with a lid.

  7. Cook for 2-3 minutes until the shellfish has opened and the vegetables are just tender. Discard any clams or mussels that haven’t opened. Add the chives and chervil and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper

  8. To serve, place the trout into warmed soup plates, spoon over the shellfish and vegetables and ladle the broth over the top.

Ingredients

  • 2 whole trout, filleted and pin bones removed
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 75g/2¾oz butter
  • 1 shallot, finely diced
  • 2 star anise
  • 1 small bunch baby carrots, trimmed
  • 12 baby leeks, trimmed and halved
  • 200g/7oz new potatoes, scrubbed and thinly sliced
  • 200g/7oz baby turnips, scrubbed and quartered
  • 250g/9oz clams, washed well and beards removed (discard any clams that are open)
  • 250g/9oz mussels, washed well and beards removed (discard any mussels that do not close when tapped)
  • 350ml/13fl oz white wine
  • 350ml/13fl oz fish stock
  • 150g/5½oz curly kale, finely sliced
  • 2 tbsp chives, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp chervil, finely chopped

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