Smoked trout cream sauce

Smoked trout cream sauce

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A quick Finnish pasta sauce: a roux made with fish broth and cream, with smoked trout in strips and dill.

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Discover this simple and delicious Italian-style salmon sauce recipe. It’s perfect for a family dinner or a get-together with friends.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time10 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Total25 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Estimated cost$5.87 $1.47 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.28
  • $0.05
  • $0.09
  • $0.97
  • $0.02
  • $0.11
  • $3.59
  • $0.76

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 8 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Melt the butter in a saucepan, then add the flour and cook for a moment.
  2. Pour the in the water and the crumbled bouillon cube, then whisk until the sauce is smooth.
  3. Add the cream, lemon juice, lemon pepper seasoning, and tomato paste, then simmer for a few minutes. ≈ 3 min
  4. Cut the trout into strips and add it to the sauce along with the chopped dill. ≈ 8 min
  5. It is best served with pasta. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Smoked trout cream sauce

  • 2 tablespoons of butter$0.28
  • 30 g of flour$0.05
  • 1/2 fish bouillon cube$0.09
  • 200 ml of full-fat cream$0.97
  • 1/2 tablespoon of lemon juice$0.02
  • 2 tablespoons of tomato paste$0.11
  • 200 g of smoked trout, either cold-smoked or marinated in salt$3.59
  • A few sprigs of dill$0.76

Total$5.87

that's $1.47 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • 30 g of flour
  • 300 ml of water
  • 1/2 fish bouillon cube
  • 200 ml of full-fat cream
  • 1/2 tablespoon of lemon juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon of zesty lemon pepper
  • 2 tablespoons of tomato paste
  • 200 g of smoked trout, either cold-smoked or marinated in salt
  • A few sprigs of dill

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