Ep05 - Honey Glazed Trout by a Mountain Lake 

Location: Biogradska Lake, Montenegro
Chef: Al Hales
Filmed and Edited by Daniel Nyul
Fire Stylist and wood chopping extraordinaire: Mateja Zlatojevic ;)
Music: Button Eyes - A Fever
Food tastes better when you're looking at something pretty!
= HONEY GLAZED TROUT WITH FIRE BAKED POTATOES =
INGREDIENTS
4 small trout (any size you like, just not too big they wont hold on the stick)
8 medium potatoes (cook as many as you like!)
250 gr butter
3 tablespoons honey
1 bunch parsley
3 gloves garlic
8 sprigs rosemary
2 lemons
2 chilies
A bunch of green beans
salt and pepper
ADD ONS
A wheel of butchers string
Tin foil
Hunting knife
…. and a creative mind
METHOD
To start, this is simple dish. Its magic lies in its simplicity so the focus becomes the nature around you. So… build a fire wherever it makes you happy. Let the fire burn down to embers with not much open flame in order to control the heat.
Wrap your potatoes up in the tin foil, add butter, rosemary, salt and pepper and chuck those directly on the coals, make sure to turn them every 5 minutes or so, otherwise you’ll end up with a burned cricket ball.
Create spears for the trout depending on the length and angle you want to hold the fish off the fire… This will differ for each campsite but usually anything between 100cm - 150cm will do. Clean and prep your fish, don’t worry too much about scaling as trout have micro scales that will crisp up nicely on the fire. Add salt,pepper, lemon and rosemary into the cavity and tie together with natural string (natural string is a must unless you want to poison yourself). I made a fork with the four finished trout spears by attaching a cross beam, this made it easier to control on the fire, this is optional but will impress your mates. Throw the trout fork over the fire on a low heat at least 40cm off the coals.
Whilst everything is cooking make the glaze. Add butter, garlic, rosemary, chili, salt and pepper to a small pot and bring it up to a boil. Make a brush from rosemary if you’re feeling crafty, and brush the glaze over the fish as it cooks.
The fish will cook in 20 mins depending how close it is to the fire… The potatoes need about 40 mins. Just keep an eye out and you’ll be fine.
5 minutes out, create a little shelf with rocks to cook the greens (see video). Throw some green beans or asparagus on the fire for a few minutes to char them up… don’t over cook your vege, nobody will like you for it.
Plate your dish family style and garnish with fresh chili, lemon and parsley. Let your mates dig in around the fire. Enjoy.