02-20-2003, 03:30 PM
With any recipe, I think the most important thing is to not over cook the fish. That said, my absolute favorite thing to do with a fresh fillet is to coat it with a mixture of 1/2 corn bread, 1/2 flour, a little salt and pepper to taste, then quickly fried in some good quality olive oil. Another thing I have found and most often used for trout is to bake the fillets (or even the whole fish) in a tightly sealed [size 1]aluminum[/size] foil packet. I will usually add a couple pats of real butter, some salt and pepper, and a couple slices of lemon. From time-to-time I have also added some chopped onions and my brother really loves it with a slice of bacon between two fillets. This works both in the oven at home or over some coals at the fish camp. And as always, try to avoid freezing the fish. Fresh is always best!
~mc
~mc