SMOKED TROUT WITH CELERY SALAD

Smoked Trout With Celery Salad image

Provided by Amanda Hesser

Categories dinner, weekday, salads and dressings, appetizer, main course

Time 20m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
Kosher salt
1 celery heart, sliced diagonally very thin
Inner leaves from a head of soft green lettuce, pulled into large pieces (about 3 cups)
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup sour cream
3 tablespoons horseradish
2 teaspoons capers (preferably salt cured), coarsely chopped
Freshly ground black pepper
4 smoked trout fillets

Steps:

Place onion in a small bowl and toss with 1/2 teaspoon salt.Let sit for 10 minutes, then rinse and dry on paper towels. In a large bowl,mix onion with celery and lettuce.Sprinkle with lemon juice and oil,season with salt,and toss until ingredients are lightly slicked with oil.
In a small bowl,whisk together sour cream,horseradish and capers.Season with salt and pepper.Lay a trout fillet on each of four plates.Dab a little sauce on each.Arrange a mound of salad next to each fillet and serve,passing remaining horseradish sauce separately.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 366, UnsaturatedFat 15 grams, Carbohydrate 6 grams, Fat 25 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 30 grams, SaturatedFat 7 grams, Sodium 661 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams, TransFat 0 grams