Poached Trout, Clam Sauce
From: Jean-Claude B., Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Comments: Oven: 700 watts
Preparation time: 9 minutes
Cooking time: 6 to 12 minutes
Waiting time: cooling time
Will keep for 3 to 5 days, refrigerated.
Excellent served with long-grain rice, boiled in remaining fish cooking broth.
Servings: 2 or 3
IngredientsPreparation
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] vegetable oil
  • 1 to 3 pounds [454 g to 1,4 kg] fresh trout, whole or cut into fillets
  • 1 teaspoon [5 mL] salt
  • 1 tablespoon [15 mL] chopped parsley
  • 1 tablespoon [15 mL] sage
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 [5-ounce / 142-mL] can small clams, drained
  • 1/4 teaspoon [1 mL] thyme
  • 12 stuffed olives, sliced
  • Pour vegetable oil into an 8 x 12-inch [20 x 30-cm] glass or ceramic dish; arrange trouts, whole or fillets, side-by-side, into dish.
  • Sprinkle fish with salt, parsley and sage.
  • Sprinkle all over with lemon juice.
  • Drain clams, pouring juices over trout; reserve clams.
  • Sprinkle with thyme.
  • Cover dish with a lid or waxed paper; microwave for 6 to 12 minutes on 'MEDIUM-MAXIMUM', according to the thickness of the trouts or of the fillets.
  • Leave to cool; delicately drain fish, reserving broth, without moving the fish.
  • Refrigerate fish and cooking broth separately.
  • Just before serving, prepare sauce: mix together reserved clams and olive slices.
  • Pour in just enough fish cooking broth to get a light sauce.
  • Pour clam sauce all over fish.