Recipe

Thanks so much to the Wors, who stayed at our cottage this week, for giving us some fresh trout.  Clyde fried two fillets the other night – delicious!  But last night I thought we would try something new.  As luck would have it, my neighbor had given us some home-grown veggies that I needed to cook up, so after a little search for ideas on the internet, I made the following deliciousness:

Trout with Veggie Mash

(use whatever veggies & spices you have on hand – I’m just listing what I used last night for this recipe)

1 cup water

3 very small eggplant (probably equal to one medium-sized eggplant at the store), peeled and diced

2 small yellow squash, diced (kinda wish I’d peeled those too)

1 onion, peeled and diced

2 plum tomatoes, diced

2 stems fresh basil, roughly chopped

2 stems fresh rosemary, roughly chopped

Salt & Pepper to taste

2 trout fillets

Step 1.  Put the water, eggplant, tomato, onion, squash, basil, rosemary, salt & pepper in a large pot.  Boil until the veggies are soft.

Step 2.  Mash up the cooked veggies in the same pan you cooked them in (I used the end of a rolling pin with no handles to mash mine up.  I left plenty of chunks in the mixture when I was finished.  I’m lazy like that!).

Step 3.  Spread half of the veggie mash on the bottom of a greased casserole dish, place the trout fillets on top of that and then spread the second half of the veggie mash on top of the fillets.

Step 4.  I cooked the fillets at 300 degrees for 20 minutes, uncovered.  But you might need more or less time depending on your oven and the thickness of the fillets.

Notes: I wish I had added garlic and chives.  Plus, instead of just water I wish I’d used 1/2 cup white wine and 1/2 cup water.  Good thing I have more fillets to cook up tonight.  And more veggies too…tonight I’m using zucchini, green beans, and pattypan squash, chives, oregano, basil, garlic, and WINE!  Duh, I can’t believe I didn’t do that last night!

I’ll update you on that batch tomorrow.

Let me know if you try this recipe and how you changed it for your on-hand ingredients.  Cheers!