Cook the catch

A large part of the pleasure of put and take is taking the fish home and eating it, and on many waters keeping the catch is even required. Lucky then that rainbow trout is good food fish and takes almost every method: boiled, fried, grilled, baked, cured and smoked.

First: look after the fish

Dispatch at once, bleed and gut soon. Keep it cold until cooking. The whole sequence: gutting fish step by step.

Recipes and methods

An easy weekday dinner: baked rainbow trout. More festive: cured rainbow with salt, sugar and dill, or smoked rainbow. Smaller fish are excellent whole, with seasoning inside and lemon in the belly.

Parasites

Fish that will be cured or cold-smoked must be frozen for 2–3 days before or after preparation, to kill any parasites. Fish cooked through, for example in the oven, does not need freezing. The warning returns in the recipes — take it seriously. Beginners: beginner guide.