Smoked Trout Salad Recipes

Steps:

• Mix onion, celery, trout, mayonnaise, sour cream, chives, and lemon juice in a medium bowl; season with salt and pepper.
• DO AHEAD: Trout salad can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and chill.

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• Grate 1/4 teaspoon zest from the grapefruit and set aside. Trim the ends from the grapefruit, then cut away the peel and white pith. Working over a bowl, cut along both sides of each membrane with a paring knife to remove the segments. Discard any seeds. Cut the grapefruit segments into pieces. Squeeze the juice from the membranes into the bowl.
• Make the dressing: Whisk the sour cream, 2 tablespoons of the grapefruit juice, the grapefruit zest, scallions, 2 tablespoons water and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a bowl.
• Toss the watercress, endive, lettuce, celery and onion in a large bowl. Add the dressing and toss to coat. Divide the salad among shallow bowls. Top with the reserved grapefruit segments and the smoked trout.

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• Soak the onion slices in a bowl of ice water. Cover the potatoes with water in a pot; add a pinch of salt, cover and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook, uncovered, until tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and let cool slightly; pat dry.
• Meanwhile, whisk the creme fraeche, vinegar, olive oil and mustard in a large bowl to make a smooth dressing. Stir in the dill. Drain the onion, pat dry and add to the dressing. Add the potatoes and cucumber, season with salt and pepper and toss to coat.
• Divide the watercress among 4 plates and add some potato salad to each. Flake the trout with your fingers and scatter on top. Serve with pumpernickel bread and/or pickled beets, if desired.

Steps:

• Bring oil, shallot, zest, juice, salt, and pepper to a simmer in a 2-quart heavy saucepan and stir in beans. Remove from heat and let stand, uncovered, 10 minutes for beans to absorb flavor.
• Toss together trout, watercress, lettuce, and bean mixture in a serving bowl.

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• Pile the salad leaves on 2 plates and divide the potatoes, radishes and beetroot between them. Flake over the smoked trout.
• Mix the horseradish and crème fraîche with enough milk to make a runny dressing. Season and drizzle over the salad.

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• Put the fennel in a shallow serving dish and scatter over the apple, spring onions and beetroots. Flake the trout into chunky pieces and arrange on top. Sprinkle with half the dill fronds. Finely chop the remaining fronds and reserve.
• Mix the yogurt and horseradish with 1 tbsp cold water, then stir in the reserved dill. Pour half the dressing over the salad and toss very lightly. Spoon over the remaining dressing and serve.

Steps:

• Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil. Remove the woody ends from the asparagus and cook spears in boiling water for 1-2 minutes. Refresh under cold running water and then cut the asparagus into 3cm pieces on an angle.
• Break trout fillets into chunks, removing any bones. Place in a bowl, with asparagus, rocket, tomatoes, avocado, parsley and cucumber.
• For the dressing mix together the lemon juice, mustard, salt and pepper. Add the olive oil and whisk well.
• Toss the salad together with the dressing and serve.

Steps:

• Toss arugula with remaining ingredients in large bowl.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• Place the cubed brioche on a rimmed baking sheet and toast until golden brown, shaking the pan halfway through to toast evenly, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add the asparagus and cook until just tender, about 5 minutes.
• Drain and plunge asparagus in a large bowl of ice water to stop the cooking. Drain well, then slice spears in thirds.
• For the dressing, whisk together the vinegar, mustard, shallot, lemon zest, salt, pepper, dill and one teaspoon of the chopped chives in a medium bowl. Gradually whisk in the olive oil until the vinaigrette is emulsified. Set aside.
• Place the frisée and field greens in a large bowl. Add the croutons.
• Break up the smoked trout, discarding the skin, and add to the lettuce with the sliced asparagus. Set aside.
• Prepare the pan for poaching the eggs: fill a large shallow pan halfway with water and bring to a boil; break an egg into a small saucer, taking care not to break the yolk, and slide egg into the water; repeat with remaining eggs and lower the heat to a simmer.
• Poach until the whites are set and the yolks begin to thicken but are not hard, about 4 minutes.
• Remove the eggs with a slotted spoon and drain them on paper towels. Depending on the size of your pan, you may need to poach the eggs in two or three batches.
• Note: If you are making these ahead, remove eggs to a bowl of iced water and hold there until ready to serve; refresh eggs briefly in simmering water.
• Toss the salad with the vinaigrette to coat lettuce, croutons, trout and asparagus evenly.
• Divide among 6 plates.
• Place a poached egg on top of each salad and garnish with the remaining chopped chives.