The time has come to catch, despatch and eat my first trout having practiced catch and release for several months.

Assuming that I catch this evening, I intend to bring the fish home for the first time so I was hoping somebody could tell me the perfect way to cook the trout?

Thanks chaps.

British Trout Association - Recipes - Trout Bruschetta

Clean the fish thoroughly, stuff with herbs and a lump of rock. Wrap in foil. Bake for three hours. Unwrap - throw away the fish and eat the rock!

I oil the bottom of an oven dish, sprinkle with black pepper and salt then dress the fish, skin on and butterflyed in the seasoned oil then lay flat again and shove in a hot obven at about 180/200 degrees for about 20 mins ish maybe a bit less

Always yummy I had mine this week flaked into Mushroom, garlic and chilli stir-fry after the trout had been baked as above

smoke it. its the only way to make it edible. jon.

How would you tell the difference at that point?

I often wonder why some of you lot ever fish for trout!

A fresh rainbow trout is not only delicious, it is bloody well good for you, being full of omega 3. It must be cooked in the simplest way possible. Large rainbow trout, say over 3 lbs are best sent for cold smoking.

Brown trout by the way, I hardly ever eat, they go back.

I like to make rainbow trout fishcakes, there are many excellent recipes for these on the internet, so I will not repeat them here.

Stuff trout with fun size mars bars, then deep fry.

Proper pucker tucker.

Sean

First of all if not smoking which IMHO is the best way to eat them, butterly the fish or fillet and put into a brine bath for 3 hours. This removes the muddy taste, After this leave to soak for 15mins in fresh water to remove salt. Then stuff with herbs butter and lemon then bake, untill just cooked.

John.

I really like the taste of fresh wild brown trout particularly when cooked over a camp fire next to the river. I split them, season them with salt and pepper and fry them in butter till the skin is crisp on one side and the flesh begins to brown on the other. Makes an excellent breakfast.

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