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Trout Fillet, Coulibiac-style Recipe

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Trout fillets are filled with herbed rice and rolled in phyllo pastry dough. Phyllo (also known as filo) is paper-thin sheets of pastry dough, not to be confused with thicker puff pastry.

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 Tablespoon salted herbs (click for recipe)
  • 1 cup cooked long-grain rice
  • 1/2 cup cooked wild rice (or brown rice)
  • 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 16 sheets of phyllo pastry (about 1/2 pound)
  • 8 fresh trout fillets, boned and skinned

Preparation:

Soak salted herbs in cold water, then drain. In a bowl, combine herbs with rice, wild rice, and chopped hard-boiled eggs. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Spread work surface with a sheet of plastic wrap and brush lightly with some of the melted butter. Lay a sheet of the phyllo on the plastic wrap. Brush dough with butter and top with another sheet.

Using the plastic wrap as a guide, roll up the trout fillet and rice mixture in the phyllo pastry. Trim edges and fold ends under. Place on a baking sheet. Brush lightly with butter. Repeat with the remaining 7 fillets.

Bake fish in a preheated 400-degree F oven for 15 to 20 minutes, until pastry is crisp and golden. Just before serving, trim ends from each fish package.

Yield: 8 servings

Salted Herbs Recipe

Recipe Source: A Taste of Quebec by Julian Armstrong (Hippocrene)
Reprinted with permission.

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