Braised Trout in Walnut Wine Sauce

Truite Braisée au Vin de Noix

Preparation info
  • 6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Savoie: The Land, People, and Food of the French Alps

By Madeleine Kamman

Published 1989

  • About

for a walnut wine that can be used to prepare this recipe, or use Italian Nocino in lesser quantity; since Nocino is sweet, rebalance the sauce with lemon juice.

Ingredients

  • 6 trout of your choice
  • ½ cup butter
  • 2 leeks, coarsely chopped, white part only

Method

Clean the trout carefully. In a skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of the butter, add the leeks and mushrooms, salt and pepper, and toss well together; cook and let the juices of the mushrooms come out over low heat.

Butter a 2-quart baking dish with another tablespoon of butter; add the prepared vegetables and top them with the fish. Butter a piece of parchment paper with another tablespoon o