This is a wonderful super quick, healthy meal, well I suppose the hollandaise is not the best but the fish is:) I must say I prefer this with salmon as I find trout quite full of fine bones, when I went to the supermarket to get the fish for this recipe, trout happened to be on special, so take your pick. This is a very different tasting hollandaise with quite a more citrus flavour than regular, I enjoy it but I know that it would not be every ones taste. If you are not used to cooking with these ingredients, please try, but just know they are quite different in taste, people that do cook with them will know what I mean. I think this hollandaise adds a wonderful twist on traditional and I love the citrus flavours paired with the fish, I served mine over spinach, but you can serve it with wild rice or any vegetable you choose.

Ingredients

10cm Stick fresh lemon grass. chopped finely
3 Fresh kaffir lime leaves, shredded thinly
2 Limes, zest and juice of
3 Egg yolk
200g Unsalted butter. melted
3 Fresh kaffir lime leaves, chopped finely
4 Trout or Salmon fillets

Method

Hollandaise

1. Combine lemon grass, shredded lime leaves, rind and juice in a saucepan, bring to the boil, reduce heat simmer, uncovered, until liquid is reduced to 1 Tablespoon.

2. Strain through a fine sieve into a medium heatproof bowl, cool 10 Min’s, discard solids.

3. Set bowl over saucepan of simmering water, do not allow water to touch the base of the bowl, add egg yolk to juice mixture, whisk over heat until thickened.

4. Remove bowl from heat, gradually add melted butter in a thin, steady stream, whisking constantly until sauce has thickened. (If sauce is too thick a tablespoon of hot water can be added.) stir in finely chopped kaffir lime leaves.

5. Meanwhile, cook the fish on a heated oiled grill or fry pan until cooked as desired, serve with hollandaise. I prefer to cook my fish skin side down first and really get a nice crisp skin on it.

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