TROUT ORLEANS
TROUT ORLEANS
TROUT ORLEANS

Ingredients
  • 2 eggs
  • 5 tbsp clarified butter
  • plain flour
  • to coat
  • 2 sea trout fillets
  • skin on
  • 55g/2oz fresh breadcrumbs
  • 2 bananas
  • 2 lemons
  • 1 juiced
  • 1 thinly sliced
  • 55g/2oz butter
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 tomatoes
  • thinly sliced
  • salt and white pepper
Directions
  • Preheat the grill to warm. In a shallow dish
  • whisk the eggs with 2 tbsp of the clarified butter.
  • Put a good handful of flour on a plate and season lightly with white pepper and salt.
  • Take the sea trout fillets and coat them with the seasoned flour
  • then dip them in the egg mixture and finally toss them in breadcrumbs until they are completely covered.
  • Heat a frying pan until very hot then add 2 tbsp of the clarified butter. Place the breaded fillets in the pan
  • skin side up for 2 minutes. Turn the fillets over and cook for a further 3 minutes
  • or until golden brown. Leave the pan on the heat
  • transfer fillets to a heat-resistant plate
  • skin side down and place under the grill for 5 minutes.
  • Halve the bananas
  • lengthways. Add the remaining clarified butter to the hot pan and place the banana halves in the pan for 5 minutes
  • turning occassionally to stop them burning.
  • In a heatproof bowl sitting over a pan of hot water
  • whisk the lemon juice
  • butter and egg yolks to a creamy sauce. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  • Take the fillets from under the grill and place tomato and lemon slices over the flesh side
  • alternately and overlapping so they cover most of the fish. Turn the grill up to full and cook the fillets for a further minute.
  • Serve the trout and bananas together on a plate
  • covered with sauce.