This would have to be the easiest way to cook flavour-filled fish. Using one large piece means it will be less likely to dry out.
Fennel and dill-crusted ocean trout with lemon potatoes
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for fennel and dill-crusted ocean trout with lemon potatoes.
- 30 mins preparation
- 1 hr 20 mins cooking
- Serves 4 - 6
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Ingredients
- 25 gm fennel seeds (¼ cup)
- 2 tbsp whole white peppercorns
- 1 tbsp dill seeds
- Finely grated rind and juice of 1½ lemons
- ¼ cup coarsely chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 60 ml olive oil (¼ cup)
- 1 side ocean trout (about 1.2kg), skin on, trimmed, pin-boned
Caraway and herb crème fraîche
- 1 tsp caraway seeds
- 250 gm crème fraîche
- Finely grated rind of 1 lemon and juice of ½
- 1 tbsp each finely chopped dill and flat-leaf parsley
Lemon potatoes
- 1.2 kg small kipfler potatoes, scrubbed
- 1 lemon, cut into wedges
- ½ head garlic, broken into cloves
- 60 ml extra-virgin olive oil (¼ cup)
Method
Main
- 1For caraway and herb crème fraîche, dry-roast caraway seeds until fragrant (30 seconds), transfer to a mortar and pestle and coarsely crush. Combine with remaining ingredients, season and refrigerate until required.
- 2For lemon potatoes, preheat oven to 180C. Combine ingredients in a bowl, season to taste, toss to combine and scatter over trays lined with baking paper. Roast, shaking occasionally, until golden (50-55 minutes). Coarsely crush with a fork and season to taste before serving.
- 3Crush fennel seeds, peppercorns and dill seeds in a mortar and pestle. Stir in rind, juice, parsley and half the olive oil, then set aside. Heat a char-grill over medium-high heat. Drizzle trout with remaining oil and season. Grill flesh-side down until charred (6-7 minutes). Turn over and repeat (5 minutes). Turn trout, flesh-side up, onto a baking tray lined with baking paper and pat on fennel crust. Increase oven to 200C. Roast until cooked to your liking (10 minutes for medium-rare). Serve with lemon potatoes, and caraway and herb crème fraîche.
Notes
Drink Suggestion: Young sauvignon blanc. Drink suggestion by Max Allen