Pine Nutty Trout Fillets Recipes

BAKED TROUT FILLETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Arrange trout fillets in a large baking dish.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir green onion, parsley, and garlic until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in mushrooms and continue to cook until just softened, 1 to 2 minutes more. Add white wine, lemon juice, salt, and cayenne pepper. Remove from heat and gently stir in artichoke hearts; pour mixture over trout.
• Bake in preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 20 minutes. Remove baking dish from oven and scatter tomatoes over fish.
• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Return baking dish to oven and broil until fish is browned, 1 to 2 minutes more.

PINE-NUTTY TROUT FILLETS

Steps:

• Grind nuts and flour in food processor. Transfer to shallow dish. Season generously with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 8 hours ahead. Cover.)
• Cut each trout in half lengthwise into fillets. Remove any bones. Brush fish with oil. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Dredge fish in nut mixture; press to adhere. Cook until brown and crisp, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to plates. Sprinkle fish with parsley and garnish with lime.

NATIVE AMERICAN CATFISH WITH PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spread pine nuts on a baking sheet and toast in oven for about 5 minutes or until golden brown.Cool.
• Grind 1/4 cup of pine nuts and reserve remaining for garnish.
• Mix ground pine nuts,cornmeal, flour, salt, cayenne pepper and cumin in a shallow dish.
• Dredge fillets in the pine nut mixture.Set aside.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Fry catfish fillets two at a time in the hot oil for 4 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork .
• Sprinkle fillets with whole pine nuts and serve.

PANFRIED TROUT WITH SPINACH AND PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Put cornmeal on a large plate. Lightly pat fish with paper towels and season with salt and pepper, then coat fillet well with cornmeal.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté one third of spinach, stirring constantly, until slightly wilted but still bright green, 15 to 30 seconds. Transfer cooked spinach to a bowl. Sauté remaining spinach with remaining oil in same manner. Season with salt.
• Wipe skillet with a paper towel, then heat 2 tablespoons butter over moderate heat until foam subsides. Increase heat to moderately high and sauté two fillets, skin sides down first, turning once, until golden brown and just cooked through, about 4 minutes (do not clean skillet). Repeat with remaining butter and fillets, then reserve browned butter in skillet.
• Divide spinach among plates and top with pine nuts and fish, then drizzle fish with browned butter.