Tamarind rainbow trout with ginger and spring onions

Tamarind rainbow trout with ginger and spring onions

Food Taken from Ainsleys Caribbean Kitchen by Ainsley Harriott (Ebury Press, 20) Photography by Dan Jones Tamarind rainbow trout with ginger & spring onions Serves 2 Ingredients 3 large, ripe bananas 4 garlic cloves 2 long green chillies, de-seeded and finely chopped Small handful of coriander stalks, washed and chopped (leaves reserved for garnish) Pinch of salt 2 tbsp tamarind paste 1 tbsp sugar Juice of 1 lime 2 x 350g fresh whole rainbow trout, gutted and cleaned 4cm piece of fresh root ginger, cut into fine strips 3 spring onions, sliced on the diagonal 2 tbsp olive oil 1 red chilli, sliced, to garnish (optional) Method 1 reheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. In a P pestle and mortar, pound together the garlic, chillies, coriander stalks and salt to a smooth paste. Add the tamarind paste, sugar and lime juice, and mix well. 2 3 4 5 core both sides of the trout with three deep cuts S down to the bone. Smear the paste inside the trout cavity and all over the outside, so that it is well coated. Lay out two 30cm square sheets of heavy-duty foil on the work surface and place a sheet of baking parchment on top of each. Divide the ginger strips and spring onions between each piece of parchment, piling them in the middle, and lay the marinated fish on top. Drizzle with olive oil and fold the foil and parchment loosely around the fish, to enclose them in bag-shaped parcels (not too tight you need a little air to be able to circulate). Firmly crimp the edges of the foil parcels to seal them, and place on a baking tray. ake in the oven for 1520 minutes, or until cooked B through. Check at 15 minutes, carefully opening the bag (be careful of the steam). The fish is cooked if it is opaque all the way through. If not, return to the oven for a further five minutes. emove from the oven and serve immediately, R garnished with the fresh coriander leaves and a sprinkling of sliced chilli.