Truite Amandine

A gastronomic delicacy of French Creole cuisine, trout amandine (trout amandine) is a simple dish that combines pan-fried trout with a delicious buttery and nutty sauce made of brown butter (beurre noisette), almonds, lemon juice and parsley. Considered a variation of trout meunière, and itself a variation of the French classic sole meunière, trout amandine uses meunière (meunière in French); Meunière is a cooking method that requires coating food with flour before sautéing it. In this case, the sauce is enriched with the addition of brown almonds, hence the name trout amandine, from the French culinary term amandine, which refers to a specialty garnished or prepared with almonds. The dish is usually prepared with skinless speckled trout (speckled sea trout) fillets instead of whole fish, as in traditional French dishes. Trout amandin is typically enjoyed as a starter in New Orleans restaurants and is often accompanied by buttered potatoes, steamed french green beans, and lemon wedges.