Our Culinary Family

Chefs who want to use the best fish and best ingredients choose to work with our fish. It is appreciated for its firmness which translates to a pleasing mouthfeel. Its mild taste allows the chef to use our fish as a clean palette with which to create innovative flavors. Its superior freshness and reduced time from water to kitchen results in a fresher flavor experience for the customer. In short, our Mt Lassen California Trout & Steelhead is firmer, fresher, milder which good trout should be.

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Culinary Description

Chefs who want to use the best fish and best ingredients choose to work with our fish. It is appreciated for its firmness which translates to a pleasing mouthfeel. Its mild taste allows the chef to use our fish as a clean palette with which to create innovative flavors. Its superior freshness and reduced time from water to kitchen results in a fresher flavor experience for the customer. In short, our Mt Lassen California Trout & Steelhead is firmer, fresher, milder which good trout should be.

Firm Texture

As most chefs know, flavor is one thing but texture is another. In a fish and in steelhead and trout, firmer is better. We aim for firmness in flesh texture but we also aim for consistency. That means that when you put a knife to our fish, there’s some resistance to it – but not so much resistance that it’s dense or even chewy. No, we aim for firm, yet buttery texture that balances a strong musculature and is still delicate enough to absorb flavors or stand on its own in a dish. 

What contributes to this ideal texture? The unique breed, high velocity water, protein rich feed and most importantly, a gentle harvest that ensures our fish don’t get stressed or fatigued. Combine all those attributes and you have that texture that people love about good trout and steelhead.