$ · searing fillets and whole small fish, plancha-style
Get crisp skin instead of a fillet welded to the pan
Skin-on fillets, which need a hot, even surface to release cleanly.
Lodge 12-Inch Cast Iron Skillet
Also called
🇲🇽🇦🇷🇪🇸Trucha🇫🇷Truite🇵🇹🇧🇷Truta🇮🇹Trota🇩🇪Forelle
Rainbow trout is the most widely farmed trout species globally, with pale pink to orange flesh and a mild, delicate flavor. It is sold whole or as fillets in markets across all regions. Brown trout is the wild European species. Both are popular for pan-frying whole with butter and almonds, baking, and smoking. Trout is farmed extensively in Spain, France, Mexico, and Argentina.
Names by country
| Country | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | Trout | |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | Troutprimary | |
| 🇲🇽Mexico | Trucha | Farmed in the highlands of central Mexico; popular in mountain restaurants |
| 🇦🇷Argentina | Trucha | Wild-caught and farmed in Patagonia |
| 🇫🇷France | Truite | Truite aux amandes (trout with almonds) is a French classic |
| 🇪🇸Spain | Trucha | Widely farmed across Spain |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | Truta | |
| 🇧🇷Brazil | Truta | |
| 🇮🇹Italy | Trota | |
| 🇩🇪Germany | Forelle |
Culinary substitutes
Often confused with
Handling fish at home
$$ · filleting, skinning, and trimming whole fish
Fillet a whole fish without wasting half of it
Following the bones and contours of whole fish with a narrow, flexible blade.
Victorinox Fibrox 8-Inch Flexible Fillet Knife
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