Trout with brown shrimp butter

By Kitchen Exile February 16, 2017 fish, main course, recipes, trout with brown shrimp butter

Trout is one of my favourite fish, so when cooking it I like to keep the dish as simple as possible to preserve the flavour. With this recipe I like to add some brown shrimp which adds a bit of sweetness and you get a wonderful contrast with the sharpness of the lemon in the sauce.

1 trout filleted and pin boned

To cook the trout

30g butter
10ml lemon juice
100g brown shrimp
20g butter for cooking the trout
Salt and pepper to season

Season the trout before cooking

Cook the trout skin side down in butter on a high heat for 3-4 mins
Turn the heat off and flip the fillets onto the flesh side and allow to sit in the residual heat for 1 minute
Remove from the heat to a warm plate

To make the brown shrimp butter

Place the butter in a pan on a high heat and cook until the butter starts to brown, this will take roughly 5 minutes
You will start to get a nutty smell from the butter in the pan, this indicates it is ready

Immediately remove from the heat and add the lemon juice and shrimp to stop the butter cooking further

Pour over the trout

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