Trota Salmonata alla Trentina con Burro e Salvia
Trentino-Alto Adige
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Origin
Trentino-Alto Adige — Trentino, rivers and lakes
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Description
Trento's river trout preparation — farmed salmonata (salmon trout, a larger, pink-fleshed trout) pan-fried in clarified butter until crisp-skinned, then dressed at the last moment with fresh brown butter and sage leaves. The Trentino rivers produce excellent trout which the region treats simply — the skin must be perfectly crisp (meaning a dry fish and adequately hot pan), the flesh must remain just-cooked and moist, and the brown butter-sage sauce is made in the same pan while the fish rests.
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The Thread
—Pan-fried trout in browned butter with lemon — the Alpine French and Trentino traditions share the same technique for fresh river trout; Meunière adds flour dredge where Trentino fries the bare skin French
—Alpine trout preparation — Switzerland poaches where Trentino fries; both traditions emphasise the freshness of river trout as the primary quality standard Swiss
—Alpine fried trout tradition — Austria batters, Trentino relies on the natural skin; both are expressions of the same Alpine river-fishing culture Austrian
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Flavour Context
Shatteringly crisp trout skin, moist pink flesh, hazelnut brown butter, crisp sage — Alpine simplicity at its finest, demanding nothing but excellent ingredients
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