Kitchen
Coals and a cast-iron skillet
Skillet trout
20 minutes ยท serves 2
Ingredients
- 2 small trout, cleaned and patted dry
- Salt
- 1 lemon
- A few sprigs of dill or thyme
- Oil or butter
Method
- 1
Rake a bed of coals and set the skillet on them until a drop of water skitters.
- 2
Film the pan with oil. Salt the fish, including the cavity.
- 3
Lay the trout in skin-side down. Leave it alone for about four minutes.
- 4
Flip once, give it three more minutes, and tuck in the herbs and lemon.
- 5
Rest a minute off the coals. The skin should crackle, not steam.