Have you ever given much thought as to how a person’s day is turned around when they work night shifts? A friend of mine ends her working day at 7am. She popped into the office early one morning and I asked her where she was heading once she left me. She had a list of things to do before going home to bed. The next question out of my mouth was “but aren’t you tired?”. And her reply which makes so much sense was “do you go straight to bed when you come home from work?”. Of course the answer to that is no! My waking hours start at 5h45 and end at 22h00. That means I am awake for over 16 hours. Her working day starts 12 hours after mine, so it only follows that her bedtime would be around 10am.
I must say, I felt a little bit stupid after asking the question. I felt the same way when I made this olive oil poached trout. For some reason I decided to flip the trout over in the oil just before I took it out. It meant that the trout was ever so slightly overcooked which you can see from the photograph. And I mean only just slightly! The method was great and I have filtered the oil so that I can try this again the next time we get fish fillets.
Place the soy sauce, lemon juice and vinegar into a jug and whisk to combine
Add the coriander and set aside
Place 300mls of the olive oil into a large frying pan and heat over a low temperature to 60°Celsius
While waiting for the oil to come up to temperature, heat the rest of the olive oil in a separate frying pan over a medium temperature
Add the mushrooms, season and cook until soft
Place the mushrooms into the dressing
Add the trout to the warmed up oil and poach for 6 minutes
Remove from the oil and place on top of a salad greens, potato salad, or chopped tomatoes (as I have done here)
Add 100mls of the poaching oil to the mushroom dressing
Top the fish with the mushrooms and serve straight away
Disclosure: I was sent the book to review by MapStudio and this recipe formed part of the review and is published with permission. This post is in line with my blogging policy.
JHP Gourmet Guide 2016/2017
Dave and I are on leave. We will be back at work on the 9th of January. I will start replying to comments then. I wish you all the best over the festive season.
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17 thoughts on “Olive Oil Poached Trout | Frans Groenewald”
What a lovely, simple dish. I imagine the fish would be very silky and the mushrooms would give it quite a flavour punch.
I worked night duty as a nurse for some years when I was younger. It really messes up your sleeping patterns.
I adore poached trout – most any trout dish but have never encountered this combination. Sounds scrumptious and pretty easy. Even I might be able to pull it off. Thanks for the inspiration.
Olive oil, fish and mushrooms! That’s my idea of good food. Not so sure of the soy sauce though. But it looks so delicious! Thank you for sharing the recipe.
An interesting recipe, Tandy. Many thanks.
it is quite an interesting technique 🙂
I used to work night shift years ago, it was a totally different life, catching up with friends wad difficult as well. I like the recipe!
I am sure that is difficult to see friends when you work nights 🙂
Yum, I love fish, I’m gonna eat quite a lot of them during Chrismtmas Eve dinner:)
Enjoy your dinner Natalia 🙂
Hi Tandy, I love poached salmon in oil so I know that I would love this. Beautiful presentation.
Thanks Cheri, this is a method I will try again 🙂
What a lovely, simple dish. I imagine the fish would be very silky and the mushrooms would give it quite a flavour punch.
I worked night duty as a nurse for some years when I was younger. It really messes up your sleeping patterns.
I can well imagine 🙂
I would like you to post about boning the trout.
I shall do one for you!
I adore poached trout – most any trout dish but have never encountered this combination. Sounds scrumptious and pretty easy. Even I might be able to pull it off. Thanks for the inspiration.
My pleasure, and hope you try it 🙂
Olive oil, fish and mushrooms! That’s my idea of good food. Not so sure of the soy sauce though. But it looks so delicious! Thank you for sharing the recipe.
The soy really brought the dish alive 🙂