Red Wine Stewed Trout With Herbs

Ingredients

• 1 trout, cleaned and dried
• ½ onion, sliced
• 1 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
• 2 cloves
• 1 blade of mace
• 2 bay leaves
• Fresh thyme
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 pint meat stock
• ¼ cup claret or port wine
• 1 tbsp flour
• 1 tbsp butter

Method

1. 1 Place the trout in a saucepan with the sliced onion, parsley, cloves, mace, bay leaves, thyme, salt, and pepper.
2. 2 Add the meat stock and wine, then simmer gently for 30 minutes.
3. 3 Remove the fish and set aside.
4. 4 Thicken the cooking liquid by stirring in a mixture of flour and butter.
5. 5 Stir constantly for 5 minutes until the sauce thickens, then pour over the fish and serve.