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Creamy trout and caper linguine

By: Pollyanna Coupland
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Published: 3 Jan 24
Updated: 18 Mar 24

This new pasta classic proves cooking fish is easier than you think. Trout fillets are baked with lemon and dill, then stirred into a zingy and creamy caper sauce. Quick, tasty and a little bit indulgent – perfect!

Not a fan of trout? Try pre-cooked smoked mackerel or cooked prawns – just heat them through in the sauce.

Easy
February 2024

Test kitchen approved

Serves 2
Hands-on time 30 min

Not a fan of trout? Try pre-cooked smoked mackerel or cooked prawns – just heat them through in the sauce.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 522kcals
Fat: 25g (12g saturated)
Protein: 34g
Carbohydrates: 29g (3g sugars)
Fibre: 2.9g
Salt: 0.6g

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Ingredients

1 lemon
15g dill (½ a small bunch)
2 lightly smoked trout fillets
150g dried linguine
Dash olive oil
1 banana shallot, finely chopped
100ml white wine
1 tbsp capers, chopped
2 tbsp crème fraîche

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Method

Heat the oven to 180ºC fan/gas 6. Finely zest the lemon and set the zest aside, then slice the lemon into wheels. Put the slices on a large sheet of baking paper, overlapping each slice slightly to form a rectangle. Pick the dill fronds and set aside. Put the dill stalks on top of the lemon slices, top with the trout fillets and season with salt and pepper. Wrap the baking paper around to create a parcel and bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, cook the linguine in salted boiling water for 8-10 minutes (depending on how much bite you like it to have). At the same time, put a large frying pan over a medium heat with a dash of oil and fry the shallot for 5 minutes, stirring often. Add the wine and simmer until reduced by half. Once the trout is cooked, flake the fillets into the pan (discarding the skin, lemon slices and dill stalks). Stir in the reserved lemon zest with the capers, crème fraîche and dill fronds, then taste and season with salt and plenty of cracked black pepper. Drain the pasta, reserving a little cooking water, then stir it into the sauce, adding a little of the pasta water to help bring everything together.