Matelotte de truite ayu

A matelotte is a French river fish stew, with a creamy wine sauce. It’s out of fashion now, which is a shame. It’s really delicious. Well you need good river fish. When I was a kid, we often had neighbors that were emptying their fish pond, and we had some more often that we wished. Now it’s a rarity.

Ayu is a type of small river trout. They are farmed, at least partially. It’s rarely if ever prepared this way.

Japanese ayu dish

I got a few that were a bit too large for Japanese style, but perfect for my purpose.

Garniture aromatique. Fresh veggies and herbs in butter. The sauce is based on white wine.

With lots of mushrooms.

You can have reasonably healthy side dishes. Pink sauerkraut.

Salade trévise (radicchio).

A good Sunday meal.