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Smoked Trout and Fresh Veg over Penne

Posted by Tim Sun, 18 Jun 2006 02:56:00 GMT

I picked up a package of smoked trout at the grocery store about a  week ago, thinking that I’d find a nice pasta recipe and cook it up for Kate.  No luck on finding a recipe, but I had all week to plan an extemporaneous evening of cooking.  Last night I picked up the remaining ingredients and waited for Kate to get done with work.  And waited.  And waited.  When she finally arrived I sprang into action and had dinner on the table 15 minutes later.

This recipe isn’t done yet—I’ll admit up front that it needs a bit of tweaking.  The end result was very tasty, but a little dry.  If you want to try it anyway, this is what you’ll need:

• 5oz. smoked trout, roughly chopped
  
• 3/4 of a red onion, diced
• 1/2 of a bunch of green onions, sliced thin
• 1 large handful of grape tomatoes, roughly chopped
  
• 1/2 glass of white wine
• Parmesan cheese
• 1 lemon
  
• Two servings worth of pasta—I used penne
• Salt and pepper, of course
  
• Olive oil, of course
  

And now, assemble your ingredients in the following manner

1. Bring salted water to a boil.
2. Put the pasta in the water.
3. Splash some olive oil in a pan, put it on medium heat.
4. Drop the red onion in your pan, let them turn almost translucent.
5. Drop the tomatoes in your pan, warm them through
6. A pinch of salt, or two, goes into the pan
   
7. Drop the trout in your pan, warm it through
8. Drop the green onions in your pan—these don’t need much time
   
9. Pour the wine into the pan, let it reduce to strengthen it’s flavor
10. Your pasta is done now, drain it and put it into your pan
11. Mix, mix, mix
12. Plate your meal
13. Give it a splash of good olive oil for freshness
    
14. Pepper your pasta to taste
    
15. Grate the Parmesan cheese and lemon zest over each plate to taste.
16. If you have more wine, now is the time to pour some for yourself.

I was dumb and didn’t take a picture, but I will next time.  And there will be a next time—Kate said it was some of the best pasta she has ever eaten.  She’ll come to regret that statement if it wasn’t really true.  :-)