Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Pairing Food News Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Wineries Home > Selector Magazine > Food > Smoked Trout Food Smoked Trout Preparation time 15 mins + 6 hrs marinating Cooking time 45 mins Serves 4 The illustrious Yarra Valley region's reutation for high quality Pinot Noir and Chardonnay is expressed in immaculate style with the Coombe Farm Estate Sparkling. This rich sparkling wine finds a superb match with chef Neil Cunningham's dish, where its creamy, yeasty complexity sublimely balances out the smokiness of the trout, while ripe fruit flavours complement the herbaceous qualities of the horseradish garnish. Ingredients 1 trout, cleaned 4 quail eggs 100ml cream 7g horseradish, finely grated 10g trout caviar Micro red sorrel leaves to garnish Radish, finely sliced to garnish Cure 50g sugar 50g salt 2 lemons, zested 1 bay leaf 3 sprigs thyme 20g fennel seeds 10g black pepper Method 1. For cure: mix all of the ingredients together and cover the trout top to bottom. Leave to marinate for six hours in the refrigerator. 2. Cook quail eggs in boiling water for 90 seconds, refresh in iced water and peel. 3. Whisk cream until thick, add horseradish, put to one side. 4. Rinse trout and pat dry. Place trout in smoker set to 55ºC and smoke for 45 minutes. Take out and rest for 10 minutes. Pick flesh off the bone and set aside. 5. To plate: put a large spoonful of horseradish cream in the centre of the plate, and place smoked trout on top. Add quail egg and a good spoonful of trout caviar. Garnish with red sorrel leaves and radish. If you do not have a smoker: Line a pan with foil, add smoking chips. Place a second layer of foil over chips. Place a rack or steaming basket on top of foil and place trout on the insert. Cover tightly with foil and a lid so smoke does not escape. Heat pan on a medium-high heat until smoking. Lower heat and smoke for 20 minutes. Turn off and let pot sit for 5 minutes. Wine Match: Coombe Farm Estate Sparkling Food Preparation Time 15 mins + 6 hrs marinating Cooking Time 45 mins Serves 4 Two Blues Sauvignon Blanc 2014 1 case has been added to your cart. Cart total: xxx 1 case, 12 bottles, 3 accessories Checkout Continue Shopping You might also like Food Lyndey Milan's Mediterranean Mussels Words by Lyndey Milan on 6 Sep 2017 Food Christine Manfield’s Curry Leaf Fish Salad Words by Christine Mansfield on 4 Jun 2018 Food Lyndey Milan’s risotto with espresso and capers