Ingredients

1 cup hazelnuts
4 (10 to 12-ounce) brook trout, gutted and cleaned
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 large eggs
1/4 cup flour, plus 2 cups
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Directions

Pulse nuts in a food processor with
1/4 cup of flour until finely ground. Rinse trout and pat dry. Season with salt inside and out.
Put the remaining 2 cups flour in a pie plate. Beat the egg in a pie plate. Spread ground nuts on a dinner
plate. Dip both sides of trout first in flour (pat off the excess), then egg, and then nuts. Heat oil in a
12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking and cook trout, shaking skillet to prevent
sticking and turning once with a metal spatula, until browned on both sides and just cooked through, about 12

minutes total.
While trout is cooking, melt butter in a small saucepan and stir in lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper
and keep warm. Pour over trout and sprinkle fish with parsley.