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Living a Life in Colour

a guide to Italian food, wine and culture

2017, what to do?

January 3, 2017 By wooweiduan 5 Comments

I hope you all had a good New Year’s holiday. While I am definitely all for self-reflection, self-improvement and personal goals, I also think it’s important to embrace the here and now, however imperfect that may be. I like to think of it as optimism with a healthy dose of reality. So while I eschew joining the gym in January, going alcohol free and dieting, the reality is that Christmas “treats” for a month means I am left with the option of buying a new (larger) wardrobe or dialing it back big time.

Torrone (honey nougat with nuts) - one of my many vices

Torrone (honey nougat with nuts) – one of my many vices

Fortunately this does not mean resorting to drinking every meal or dry, tasteless food. Here is a recipe for trout with polenta. Salmon can easily be substituted if that is more readily available. It’s also a “piatto unico” – a one dish meal (in the sense that it is all served on the same plate rather than in a series of courses as is more common in Italy). This dish is happily eaten by babies with a spoon (check for bones first). The tangy tomato sauce contrasts nicely with the creamy polenta and gives the feeling of a cosy, filling winter meal (but without the typical calories or fat).

Trota in umido con polenta (trout with tomato sauce and polenta) – Friuli Venezia-Giulia

For illustrated step-by-step instructions, click here.

500 grams tomatoes, peeled and seeded (can be tinned)

1 garlic clove, peeled and finely chopped

50 mls extra-virgin olive oil

4 trout fillets (about 1 kilo) (can substitute salmon)

30 grams flour

15 grams flat-leaf parsley, rinsed, dried, leaves removed and finely chopped

350 grams polenta

If you are using traditional polenta (if the cooking time on the package is more than 8 minutes), then start cooking this first. If you have the quick cook type then you can cook the polenta after the tomato sauce and just before you start to cook the fish. 

In a saute pan, add the tomatoes, garlic, 30 mls of the olive oil and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a simmer and cook covered over low heat for 30  minutes.

To cook the polenta, bring to a boil 1.5 litres of water, 20 mls of olive oil and 10 grams of sea salt. Drizzle in the polenta while continually stirring and cook for the amount of time indicated on the packaging. Keep stirring.

Meanwhile dust the trout with salt and flour on both sides. Add the fish with the non skin-covered side down in the tomato sauce. Cover and cook for another 6 minutes. Carefully turn the fish over using a perforated fish spatula. Add the parsley and cover again for 2 minutes.

Pour the polenta into the serving plates and top with the fish and tomato sauce.

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  1. Abthony R. D'Elia says

    January 3, 2017 at 5:34 pm

    Grazie per le varie cucine regionali che ci hai portato a mwnte per il passato anno. E’ stato un bel recordo della terra lasciata molti anni or sono. Thank you

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    • Abthony R. D'Elia says

      January 3, 2017 at 5:37 pm

      Grazie per le varie cucine regionali che ci hai portato a mente per il passato anno. E’ stato un bel ricordo della terra lasciata molti anni or sono. Thank you

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      • wooweiduan says

        January 5, 2017 at 11:39 pm

        Grazie per il suo messaggio. Sono sempre contentissima di sentire da qualcuno che legge il mio site. Sono ancora più contenta che vi fa un bel ricordo dell’ Italia. Sono innamorata del paese e il suo cibo inimitabile e mi fa tanto piacere conoscere la gente che ha questa passione in comune.

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  2. Charlotte Segerstrale says

    January 4, 2017 at 4:39 am

    The fish in umido con polenta, is first beautiful to look at and I know it will be scrumptious as well as easy to prepare. Gracie e Happy New Year.

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    • wooweiduan says

      January 5, 2017 at 11:39 pm

      Thanks Charlotte. I hope you enjoy it. Happy new year!

      Reply

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