Trout Recipes

• Sweet Potato Bisque with Sunburst Hot Smoked Trout
• Sunburst Trout Sausage Skewers with Cucumber Yogurt Sauce
• Sunburst Trout Skewers

Sweet Potato Bisque with Sunburst Hot Smoked Trout

Recipe Courtesy of Sunburst Trout Company
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4 Medium Sweet Potatoes
3-1/2 Cups Chicken or vegetable broth, or water
¼ Cup Honey
¼ cup fresh squeezed orange juice
1 cup half and half or heavy cream
Ground Cinnamon, Salt and Pepper to taste
1 piece of Portion Cut Sunburst Hot Smoked Trout

1. Wash Sweet Potatoes and prick each potato a few times with a fork
2. Bake sweet potatoes for approximately 45 minutes to an 1 hour (or until soft)in the middle
3. Remove Potatoes from the oven to cool
4. When Potatoes are cool, peel and mash the pulp
5. Combine mashed sweet potatoes, broth, honey and orange juice in stock pot
6. Bring to a simmer, stir with a whisk to prevent soup from sticking to Bottom of pot
7. Finish with Half and Half
8. Season with Cinnamon, Salt and Pepper to taste.
9. Serve soup in warmed bowls and top with flaked smoked trout

Note: KidSafe Seafood's Best Choices list does not include farmed trout because data about contamination levels in trout is lacking and practices of some farms are questionable. However, we are featuring Sunburst Trout this month because it works to educate children and improve trout farming techniques for the benefit of the environment. The company uses a proprietary vegetable-based feed; for this reason, Sunburst’s trout is low in contaminants and its production methods are more environmentally friendly than most trout farms.

KidSafe Seafood does not endorse specific products or companies. We welcome any trout farm to submit data and testing so they, too, can be a part of our campaign.

Sunburst Trout Sausage Skewers with Cucumber Yogurt Sauce

Courtesy of Sunburst Trout Company

For the Skewers:

8 oz. Sunburst Trout Sausage
16 6” Wooden or Bamboo Skewers
1 Tbl. Olive Oil

1. Divide Sausage into 16 equal portions
2. Mold sausage around end of skewer
3. Heat sauté pan over medium heat and add oil
4. Sauté Sausage skewers 3-5 minutes, turn skewers over once during cooking

Note: Skewers can be grilled and the size can be varied

For the Cucumber Yogurt Sauce:

2 Small cucumbers, peeled and seeded
8 Oz. Plain Yogurt
½ Tbl. chopped lemon grass
Salt and white pepper to taste
10” square of Cheese Cloth

5. Grate or Puree Cucumber
6. Place Pureed Cucumber in middle of Cheese cloth
7. Gather ends of Cheese cloth around Cucumber
8. Squeeze excess water out of Cucumber
9. Combine Cucumber, Yogurt and lemon grass
10. Season with Salt and Pepper

Note: KidSafe Seafood's Best Choices list does not include farmed trout because data about contamination levels in trout is lacking and practices of some farms are questionable. However, we are featuring Sunburst Trout this month because it works to educate children and improve trout farming techniques for the benefit of the environment. The company uses a proprietary vegetable-based feed; for this reason, Sunburst’s trout is low in contaminants and its production methods are more environmentally friendly than most trout farms.

KidSafe Seafood does not endorse specific products or companies. We welcome any trout farm to submit data and testing so they, too, can be a part of our campaign.