Trout

Truite

What it is

Truite au bleu depends on the fish being killed moments before cooking — a film of natural mucus on the skin reacts with vinegar and turns steel blue. Touch the fish with your hands and the effect is ruined.

In the kitchen

Stuff the cavity with lemon and herbs and bake it whole. Fillets of trout dry out faster than almost any other fish.

Goes with

Almond Butter Lemon Parsley White wine vinegar Dill Cream Hazelnut

Same species

Salmon Smoked salmon Sea trout

Also used with

Almond oil Begonia petals Douglas fir tips Hairy bittercress Linden honey Oxalis

In season alongside

Haddock Hake John Dory Plaice Pollock Sea bass

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