Hot smoked trout and green butter

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

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

Method

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.
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).
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.

Method

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.
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).
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.

delicious. tips

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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