Steamed brown trout with vegetables poached in white wine
- Published: 31 May 14
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
Chef Adam Byatt shares a beautiful trout recipe poached in white wine with dill, star anise and coriander seeds.
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Serves 4
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Hands-on time 30 min, simmering 10 min, plus resting
Ingredients
- 1 onion
- 1 large leek
- 1 fennel bulb
- 1 large carrot or 8 baby carrots
- 4 x 150g brown trout fillets, skin-on (see tips)
- 200ml dry white wine
- Sea salt
- 1 bunch fresh dill, roughly torn
- 1 star anise
- 10 coriander seeds
- 4 lemon slices and finely grated zest to serve
Method
- Trim the vegetables, then cut into 2mm thick slices, cutting the onion and leek straight down (strip a few layers off the leek first), the carrot(s) at an angle and the fennel lengthways.
- Lay the vegetables in a shallow casserole or wide frying pan. Top with the fish fillets, skin-side up, leaving space between each fillet.
- Pour in the wine, then season with lots of sea salt, the dill and the spices. Pour in 250ml water and put a lid of baking paper, cut to size, on top.
- Put the pan over a medium heat and bring to the boil, then remove from the heat immediately and leave to stand for 10 minutes.
- Divide the vegetables among 4 plates, top with the trout fillets, skin-side down, then spoon over some of the juices and dill sprigs from the pan. Add a slice of lemon and some lemon zest to each plate, then serve with homemade salad cream.
- Recipe from June 2014 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 236kcals
- Fat
- 6.4g (0.1g saturated)
- Protein
- 30.9g
- Carbohydrates
- 6.5g (5.6g sugars)
- Fibre
- 4g
- Salt
- 0.3g
delicious. tips
If you can’t get hold of brown trout, use rainbow trout instead.
The broth is great, so if you have any left over, keep it for soups or fish pies. When cool, keep it in a sterilised container for up to a week in the fridge, or freeze for 3 months.
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I love this recipe because it’s healthy and light, but very tasty!
I love this recipe because my husband goes fishing and this is the one of fish he catches, so once it has been cleaned and ready to eat I can truly say that not only is he the best fisherman, he is also the best cook!!
I love this recipe because is perfect for a summer evening. Really light and lovely with a glass of very chilled white in the garden!!
I love this recipe because it is so easy to make, nutritious and looks so impressive to serve!!!!
I love this recipe because it’s easy and classy – great for making a good impression!
I love this recipe because it is deliciously simple