Baked Trout for Two with Fennel and Orange

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
~Virgina Woolf~

A romantic meal can often be the prelude to an intimate evening. The goal of this book is to bring you the best in fantastic food, delicious humor, intimate food and beverage games, and a mix of interesting sexual facts and fun.


Baked Trout for Two with Fennel & Orange

Did you know…Aphrodite, whose name is the root of the word aphrodisiac- considered fish and fennel as scared? Jupiter gave Juno an orange on their wedding day, thus associating oranges as the ‘fruit of love.” Dinonysus, one of Aphrodite’s lovers used black pepper and wine as scared secret ingredients to stimulate the libido.

Rated: 9 out of 10 kisses!

1 oz. butter
2 medium rainbow trout, cleaned
½ tsp fennel seeds
2 oranges, cut into thin strips (including rind and pulp, try to keep as much of the juice as possible, remove seeds)
1 ¼ cups sweet vermouth
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Springs of fresh fennel

Preheat oven to 440 degrees (F) - butter a shallow dish (preferable clay- but any modern shallow roasting pan will work) and place the trout inside. Dot with butter and sprinkle with fennel seeds. Scatter the juice, pulp and rind strips over the fish, then add the vermouth. Season with salt and pepper. Cover with clay lid, or foil for 25 minutes or until the fish flakes easily with a fork. Serve with pan juices, garnish with fresh fennel sprigs. Sometimes this dish is also topped with a pat of chilled herbed butter.

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Erotica Café--The open sign has been placed on the door, ready to welcome the daring that are searching for a red hot special in a blue plate world. ISBN: 9780978125776 Excerpt Recipe as seen in; Erotica Café by Tilly Rivers
Reproduced with permission from author.

Cover Design by Kara Elsberry