Hot smoked trout and green butter

Hot smoked trout and green butter

This old-fashioned British savoury makes a great lunch with toast. It would also make an elegant, if minimalist, starter for a more formal meal.

Hot smoked trout and green butter

  • Serves icon Serves 2
  • Time icon Takes 10 minutes to make, plus chilling

This old-fashioned British savoury makes a great lunch with toast. It would also make an elegant, if minimalist, starter for a more formal meal.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
577kcals
Fat
47.5g (27.6g saturated)
Protein
21.9g
Carbohydrates
18g (2.6g sugars)
Salt
4g

Ingredients

  • Generous handful fresh parsley, about 50g
  • Generous handful fresh sorrel or leaf of your choice, about 50g
  • 25g anchovy fillets, washed and drained
  • 100g butter, softened
  • 1/4 nutmeg, grated
  • 2 hot smoked trout fillets
  • Hot toast, to serve
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Method

  1. First blanch the parsley. Throw it into a pan of boiling water and drain immediately. Allow to cool, then thoroughly wring out with your hands, removing all excess moisture.
  2. Chop the parsley, sorrel and anchovies very finely, until you almost have a paste. Gently mix with the butter, nutmeg and seasoning until fully incorporated (use a mini food processor if you have one).
  3. Spoon into ramekins and serve with the smoked trout and toast. If making the butter in advance, soften at room temperature for 1 hour. Alternatively, use the butter to served with grilled meat or fish. Salmon is perfect, as is leg of lamb.

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving
Calories
577kcals
Fat
47.5g (27.6g saturated)
Protein
21.9g
Carbohydrates
18g (2.6g sugars)
Salt
4g

delicious. tips

  1. You can use eel or mackerel instead of trout. Sorrel is a great leaf for the butter, but you could use watercress or rocket, or another herb to twin with the parsley, such as tarragon or chervil. If you swap another leaf for sorrel, blanch it with the parsley.

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