Recipe for trout

[Snadger]

Hi Snadger

Theres a great book you can buy

100 ways with trout by Patricia Ann Hayes and Roger Mcphail.

Just looked none on ebay at the mo up you can get it on Amazon.

My OH is a fly fisherman so we've a freezer full of trout, you might find as we have its well worth investing in a smoker, OH loves them smoked, being a veggie I,ll stick to the cooking but not the eating LOL

Judging by your location I bet your OH catches brown trout on a dry fly?

Nothing quite like catching a wily wild brown trout which heads straight for the bottom and trys to knock the fly out on a rock....not like the stockie bashing I have to endure in this neck of the woods! Using light tackle and dry fly fishing is the stuff dreams are made of

[frost]

Hi

Its mainly rainbows he catches at a local res with try flies mainly as you say,, he does get the odd brownie but as a rule puts them back so they can breed.
Snader I aint been smoked up to now LOL, have felt like it now and then after an hour or two too long in the pub........ or maybe that was the bad beer I unluckly must of been served LOL
In a book I have it tells you how to smoke your cheese, eggs, seeds and dare I say it snadger.......your nuts! LOL

Lou

[dexterdoglancashire]

Nick - only just read your message - lots of laughs, or in "young person speak" I believe its LOL! Dexterdog
PS I actually go trout fishing when I get the chance - I don't see as many ladies fishing and always get complimented when I go fishing. Last time was in June at Pickering Trout Fishery in North Yorks - using an extending rod and sweetcorn - I actually caught (and landed!) 13 fish - all by my little self (OH on was on holiday at the IOM TT races) all the gentlemen fishers complimented me on my excellent catch - the fish werent really interested in the flies that day......enough of my boasting! Dexterdog

[JennieAtkinson]

Being an oldie - can someone tell me what LOL is? Ta!

[Lesley Jay]

Laugh out loud. Jennie.

[Snadger]

Laugh out loud. Jennie.

Thats what the oh usually does when I arrive home after a day drowning worms to no avail

[dexterdoglancashire]

I love fishing for trout - my OH says I'm strange for a female because I think its only fair to put them out of their misery as soon as I get them out of the water - but at the £ I pay to go fishing, I think its only fair.
My fave way with trout, is like above - put the cleaned fish in a large piece of oiled tin foil - put a piece of lemon and fennel feathery bits in the body cavity, season then add a bit more oil and a generous splash of white wine. Seal the parcel completely then cook in either a fish kettle or a bain marie. The timing depends on the size of the fish - just keep your eye on it so it doesnt overcook, although using this method it would be very hard to overcook it. Enjoy! dexterdog

[Snadger]

Has anyone tried cooking trout in newspaper?

Wrap the fish in newspaper....soak newspaper...pop in electric oven...when newspaper starts to brown, hey presto, fish is cooked (Disclaimer:-haven't tried it in a gas oven so I take no responsibility if you burn the house down!)

When you unwrap the newspaper it also takes the skin off the fish, leaving lovely succulent flesh! Ray Mears eat your heart out

[dexterdoglancashire]

Hi Snadger saw a Jamie Oliver prog ages ago where he did this with salmon I think, but on a BBQ - fire extinguishers at the ready? dexterdog

[Waffler]

I shall make sure I keep this post from the eyes of my poor trout: Jaws, Pac-man, Isobel & Ivor!! LOL.
My fave way with trout (don't tell the guys) or salmon is to wrap in foil with just butter, freshly ground pepper and maybe some herbs. Then bang in the oven or on BBQ until done.

[Nicos]

All these recipies sound really yummy...just need helping out on one point folks.....(can't stand bones...heave..heave..!..sorry)
So ....from all those fish experts out there....how is the best way to debone a fish???

[nick the grief]

with a knife

[Nicos]

I would have thought you'd just use your teeth Nick...such a man!!

[dexterdoglancashire]

Hi Nicos - I wait until the fish is cooked, then cut the fish in half, down its backbone, separating both halves of the fish. The bones should be on one side - peel off carefully, it should all come off in one piece and hey presto! There may still be a few small bones but nothing to worry about.
I hate bones as well - I usually whizz up my manx kippers in the food processor, when cooked, to make pate so I dont have to face all those small, fiddly, horrible bones! dexterdog

[Earthbabe]

No whitebait for you then DDL