Is this not beautiful?
In New Zealand we can’t buy trout. It is a game fish and has to be given to you by the fisherman, or you can fish for it yourself.
My brother-in-law Nigel is a brilliant fisherman. This beauty was one of nine he caught on the same day. It is so pretty. I tried to show you the colours (this is a brown trout, not a rainbow trout, but it was still lovely.
Sometimes wild trout can taste a bit muddy, but this was sweet and delicious. I had planned to have it for dinner, but Rick rang telling me he had a business meeting that he’d forgotten about. So I filleted it and we cooked it for breakfast the next morning.
Pan fried in butter and drizzled with freshly squozed lemon juice – a great way to start the day. AND, there were no bones!
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Yes, it is beautiful and the simple way you cooked it made my mouth water! Yay for Nigel! XO
P.S. I LOVE the name Nigel but Americans cannot pull off being named that, unfortunately.
WHY???!!!
Janet – it is indeed lovely. Reminds me of my younger brothers fishing off the break water – fresh sea bass, salmon…oh how I miss those days! 🙂
Do you know I’d never really thought about trout not being available in New Zealand unless you fished it out or knew someone who did it for you, until my daughter’s English partner took his dad to Taupo a few weeks ago to fish for trout and he told us this. I found it so interesting and I was proud of New Zealand for looking after our trout population.
The first time I cooked trout as a teenage bride, I was told (by the fisherman) that the best way to eat it was to stuff it with a bannan, then wrap the whole fish in bacon and bake it. We didn’t eat trout for a looooong time after that! It’s a perfectly lovely fish- if done properly, and yours looks amazing! What a great BinLaw 🙂
Oooh nasty! – and I had thought bacon would make everything better! Lol!