Trout Roulades With Whitefish Mousse
- 2 leeks, white part only, cleaned and chopped
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 4 scallions with long, fresh-looking leaves
- 1 tablespoon chopped basil
- 1/2 pound whitefish fillets
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4 brook trout, boned and skinned
- 1 cup fish stock
- 1/2 cup dry kosher-for-Passover wine
- Saute half the leeks in the oil, until tender but not brown.
- Set aside.
- Coarsely chop white part of scallions, reserving leaves, then process with sauteed leek and the basil in a food processor until finely chopped.
- Add whitefish and process until finely pureed.
- Add egg and lemon juice and process until smooth.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Taste mixture for seasoning by poaching a small amount in water, then allowing to cool briefly.
- Place a trout fillet on a plate or work surface with the side that had the skin up and season lightly with salt and pepper.
- Place a heaping tablespoon of whitefish mixture at the wide end.
- Roll trout fillet over the mousse, stand it up and smooth the mousse on top.
- Tie a scallion leaf around fillet (this is only decoration; the fillet will remain tightly wound around mousse without it).
- If scallion leaves are too stiff to tie, dip briefly in hot water to wilt.
- Repeat with 7 remaining trout fillets.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place fish rolls standing up in a glass or enamel baking dish.
- Scatter remaining leek around them, then add the fish stock and wine.
- Cover top with a piece of wax paper or parchment paper, place in oven and bake 30 minutes.
- Cool, then refrigerate.
- Serve fish rolls with herbed horseradish sauce.
leeks, vegetable oil, scallions, basil, whitefish, egg, lemon juice, salt, brook trout, fish stock, wine
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/2739 (may not work)