Catch ’em & Cook ’em: Trout with Pecans & Lime Cayenne Butter
Ingredients:
4 fillets of fish
1 tsp salt
1/2 stick butter
1/4 C flour
1/3 C chopped pecans (rough cut)
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1 Tbsp honey
2 Tbsp julienne sliced red pepper
1 Tbsp fresh squeezed lime juice
How to:
1. Lightly salt the fillets
2. Dredge in flour
3. Saute in 2 Tbsp butter on medium temperature until golden brown and done.
4. Remove to platter and hold in warm oven.
5. Melt remaining butter in same skillet and add pecans and cayenne pepper.
6. When pecans are hot, stir in honey and red bell peppers and cook until pecans are caramelized.
7. Remove fish from oven and drizzle sauce over fish.
8. Serve immediately.
This recipe works well with sea trout, grouper, farm-raised catfish, tilapia and mangrove snapper.
Capt. Dick May is the owner of Easy Rider Charters in Bokeelia. He can be reached at 239-283-3247 or EasyRiderCharters.com. “Capt. Dick’s Seafood & Southern Country Cooking” (a new cookbook) can be ordered at www.Amazon.com. Go to Cookbooks then to Food and Wine category. Type in “Capt. Dick’s Seafood and Southern Country Cooking” and click. A picture of the cookbook, price and info for ordering will be displayed.