Pan-Fried Trout With Rosemary, Lemon and Capers Recipe (2024)

Try bruising the leaves of a whole stem of rosemary (i.e., leave leaves attached for easy removal), adding it at the same time as the shallots, then remove the rosemary stem before spooning the reduced pan sauce onto the fish. You'll get the flavor of the rosemary without the texture of the leaves. Adjust the amount of rosemary you add the next time based on how much of its flavor you like.

Do this and change your fish game forever: start the fish skin-side down, and AS SOON as the fish hits the pan, press down on it, especially the edges, with your hand or spatula for about 15 sec or so - effectively stopping the skin from curling and the filet from contorting or "warping" under high heat. Now you have a nice skin that covers the full length of the filet and a better guarantee of even cooking. Cook skin side down for MOST of the time, then just a touch on the naked side.

Yes, skin side down.

You need to choose a different fish monger.

I don't drink white wine, so use Vermouth whenever white wine is called out. Perfect substitute.

Unable to get trout. Works very well with flounder.

Why is this classified as vegetarian? Should be pescatarian.

2 teaspoons rosemary less 4 times 1/2 teaspoon rosemary pressed into the fillets leaves 0 teaspoons rosemary to add to the sauce.Surely the ingredient list should have specified 3 teaspoons chopped rosemary.

When using filets as the recipe indicates, does one start the fish skin side down?

Used frozen halibut as it was what I had. Subbed lime for lemon, again what I had on hand. Also melted about 1tsp butter into the sauce at end. This is my new favorite fish recipe. Very easy and very flavorful! And it’s WW friendly at only 5 points per 8 oz serving

I used cod instead of the trout, and it was delicious!! Loved the combination of the capers, lemon and wine and the rosemary added a nice note as well. Will def add to my regular menu.

Another great meal - I did follow suggestions and put my rosemary in (2 twigs) whole and pulled out before serving. Simple pleasure.

This sounds yummy and I will try it soon. Picky point: surely "Add the trout and saute..." is an error. "Sauté" means to fry quickly while tossing and shaking the pan, like you would with cut up vegetables. That would cause the trout to fall apart. Surely you should simply FRY the trout.I wouldn't bother commenting on something so picky if this were just someone's blog or whatever, but this is the New York Times for Pete's sake. Where are the editors? ;-)

I started skin side down, and regretted it, because the fillets curled up on the sides, making it very difficult to brown the flesh side evenly when I flipped them. Think it would be better to star on the flesh side with so little oil in the pan; it doesn't matter about getting the skin side browned.

Good and easy recipe

Cooked with Portola Valley Fogarty Chardonnay, lemons, dill, lemon olive oil, salt & pepper in parchments paper then foil wrapped. Took about 25 minutes at 450

Don’t forget to add the last lemon ingredient, excellent.

This is a go-to Sunday meal for us, and it never lets us down. I always cook in a cast iron skillet. Served tonight with a Greek salad and Greek potatoes. Perfect!

Simple, but oh so great and flavorful trout. The white wine, caper sauce is delicious. And the fresh rosemary gives a subtle hint of flavor without overpowering the fish. Thankfully I have a Rosemary bush in my yard that is subtle and not pungent or strong. Our new go to recipe for Trout.

Perfect afterwork (or anytime really) dinner. Easy, healthy and tasty. I added a TBS butter to mellow the sauce but otherwise followed the recipe as written.

simple and delicious. Make extra sauce, especially if you serve with rice, which soaks up all the tastiness. Fresh rosemary is easy to find and gives a great bang for your buck.

Thanks to all the cooking notes! This was simple but phenomenal. I made this with Lake Superior whitefish, green onions (no shallots available) throwing in two sprigs of rosemary while reducing the wine. Served with a baked potato and sauteed spinach. Fabulous!

Very nice. Used Trader Joe’s frozen trout filets. Lime juice instead of lemon. Good!

I used bronzini instead of trout. Delicious. I used rosemary two ways, whole stem first time, chopped second time. No real difference. Shallots burned immediately both times. Maybe shallots should be cooked first and removed from pan?

I’ve made this recipe as written a couple times. It’s delicious! Served with roasted broccoli and 5min boxed couscous for an easy, light midweek meal.

I used bronzini instead of trout, and i also left the rosemary sprig whole and removed it before it burned. It was excellent and so easy

I’ve made this with Trout, King Salmon, and Arctic Char. - all with great success. When I didn’t want to open up a bottle of white wine, I used about 1/3 cup Marsala & 2/3 cup chicken broth. I also like to add a Pat of butter at the end for a velvety finish.

I made it with local flounder it worked very well probably less salt, the dressing isn’t as necessary

Oh wow! I didn't have any shallots so I used scallions (!). Used grüner veltliner and was able to reduce to 1/3 cup no problem. I did need more like 1/2 cup of flour for the 4 fillets, but otherwise the measurements were spot on. This is going into the rotation for sure.