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Trout Amandine: Trout With Brown Butter and Almonds Recipe

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Last updated: Apr 5, 2023 • 1 min read

This fresh trout dish is quick and easy to make for a weeknight dinner.

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What Is Trout Amandine?

Amandine is a French culinary term that means “prepared or served with almonds.” For trout amandine, trout fillets are dredged in flour and pan-fried, then topped with a browned butter pan sauce called beurre meunière, toasted almonds, and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.

Trout amandine is similar to the preparation of Italia picatta, with almonds swapped in for capers. In French cuisine, this method is typically used for sole. In New Orleans Creole cuisine, the amandine method became popular with more widely available speckled trout. During the 1960s, the technique spread from New Orleans throughout the United States, with trout as well as green beans, flounder, and scallops getting the almond treatment.

Classic Trout Amandine Recipe

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makes

prep time

5 min

total time

15 min

cook time

10 min

Ingredients

  1. 1

    Pat the fillets dry with paper towels.

  2. 2

    Season the fillets with salt and pepper and dredge in flour, shaking off excess.

  3. 3

    Set a nonstick sauté pan over medium-high heat. Heat olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter.

  4. 4

    When the butter has melted, add the fillets skin side up.

  5. 5

    Cook until golden brown, about 3 minutes.

  6. 6

    Carefully flip and continue to cook until golden brown on the other side, about 2 more minutes.

  7. 7

    Transfer the fillets to plates, skin side up.

  8. 8

    Whisk the remaining butter into the pan.

  9. 9

    When the butter has melted, add sliced almonds to the pan. Toast until the butter turns light brown and smells nutty, and almonds are slightly toasted, about 3 minutes.

  10. 10

    Pour almonds and browned butter sauce over fillets.

  11. 11

    Garnish the fillets with parsley and serve with lemon wedges.

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