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Blue Corn-Crusted Rainbow Trout with Papaya-Tomatillo Relish

Category: Main
Ingredients: 3 eggs 

1/8 cup milk 

6 Clear Springs Clear•Cuts® Rainbow Trout natural fillets, 8 oz each 

coarse salt, seasoned rice flour, blue corn meal and vegetable oil as needed 

papaya relish (recipe follows)
papaya sauce (recipe follows)

 chives - 6 for garnish

 cilantro sprigs - 6 for garnish
Papaya Relish
1 cup papaya, diced
3/8 cup tomatillo, diced
1/8 cup red onion, diced
1 tablespoon jalapeño, chopped
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
2 teaspoons each clover honey, olive oil, and fresh chopped cilantro
salt to taste
Papaya Sauce
1 generous cup chopped onion
4 tablespoons olive oil
2 garlic cloves, chopped
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 1/2 cups papaya, chopped
1-1 1/2 tablespoons clover honey
Preparation - Directions: Make Papaya Relish by folding together all ingredients. Salt to taste and set aside. For the fish, whisk together egg and milk; reserve. Lightly season fillets with salt. Dip into seasoned flour, then egg mixture, and finally corn meal. Fry over medium heat, flesh-side down, about 2 minutes. Turn. Cook until trout is just firm, about 1 minute. Ladle 3 tablespoons warm papaya sauce in the center of the plate, then swirl to distribute. Put trout on sauce; top with ¼ cup papaya relish. Garnish with chives and cilantro.


 For the Papaya Sauce: Cook onion in oil until soft; stir garlic. Deglaze with red wine vinegar and reduce by half. Stir in chopped papaya; cook until soft, adding a teaspoon or so of water, if mixture gets too dry. Puree. Stir in honey; thin, as necessary, with water. Season to taste with salt. Reserve.