ALMOND AND DILL-BUTTERED TROUT WITH PEAS 'BONNE FEMME'

Ingredients
- 30g/1oz butter
- ½ onion
- finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove
- crushed
- 100g/3½oz frozen peas
- 2 tbsp white wine
- 2 tbsp double cream
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 55g/2oz almonds
- chopped
- handful fresh dill
- chopped
- 30g/1oz butter
- softened
- 1 trout fillet
- sprig fresh dill
- to serve
Directions
- For the peas
- heat the butter in a small saucepan over a medium heat and gently fry the onion until softened but not coloured. Add the garlic and cook for one minute.
- Add the peas and white wine. Bring to the boil and simmer until the wine has reduced by half.
- Add the double cream and simmer until slightly thickened. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and set aside to keep warm.
- For the trout
- place the almonds
- dill and butter into a bowl and mix well.
- Heat the almond and dill butter in a frying pan and fry the trout for 2-3 minutes on each side
- turning with a fish slice
- until golden-brown and completely cooked through.
- To serve
- place the peas onto a plate
- top with the trout and pour over the butter left in the pan. Garnish with a sprig of dill.

