Hemingway's Trout

Name: Hemingway's Trout
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps all purpose flour; 2 Tbsps all purpose flour; 2 thick cut smoked bacon; 473 milliliters buttermilk; 0 teaspoons cayenne; 0 teaspoons cayenne; 118 milliliters fine ground cornmeal of excellent quality; 1 lemon, thin sliced in 1/2 moons; 2 Tbsps chopped Italian parsley; 2 Tbsps chopped Italian parsley; 2 servings salt & pepper

Hemingway's Trout might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 2. This recipe covers 33% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 23g of protein, 20g of fat, and Head to the store and pick up parsley, salt & pepper, buttermilk, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the all purpose flour you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon sugar soda bread as a dessert.

Instructions

Soak fish in buttermilk for an hour. This is not necessary if your fish are very fresh, as in just-caught.

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Buttermilk

Fish

In a large cast iron skillet, render the bacon over low heat until it is about 1/2 cooked.

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Bacon

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Frying Pan

Remove the bacon and drain on paper towels.

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Bacon

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Paper Towels

On a plate, or in a shallow dish, stir together the cornmeal, flour, cayenne and a healthy pinch of salt.

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Cornmeal

Ground Cayenne Pepper

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Remove the fish from the buttermilk and set on a work surface. Divide the lemon slices and place half inside the cavity of each fish, overlapping the slices, and then sprinkling with parsley, salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

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Wrap a slice of partially cooked bacon around each fish.

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Cooked Bacon

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Roll the fish in the cornmeal mixture.

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Cornmeal

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Roll

Heat the bacon fat up again until it is very hot. Slip in the fish and cook 4-6 minutes per side, or until crisp and cooked through. The time will need to be adjusted depending on whether the fish is boned.

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