Pumpkin Seed Crusted Trout - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Sauce
    4 -6 ripe tomatoes, cut in half
    1 tablespoon chopped garlic
    1 tablespoon chopped shallot
    1 teaspoon fresh thyme
    1 teaspoon fresh rosemary
    1/2 cup olive oil
    salt & pepper
    2 cups zinfandel, reduced to 1/4 cup
    Trout
    2 trout fillets, per person boneless and skinless
    flour
    1 egg, beaten with
    milk (a little)
    chopped pepitas (roasted pumpkin seeds chopped in a food processor)
    olive oil
Preparation
    Toss all sauce ingredients (except Zinfandel) into bowl and mix with tomatoes. Spread on sheet pan and bake in hot oven (450\u00b0F) 10-15 minutes until the tomatoes start to burn around the edges. Remove and carefully puree in blender. Mix in Zinfandel. Set aside.
    Dip trout in flour and brush with egg wash. Place into pepitas, coating thoroughly each time.
    Preheat a saute pan with a little olive oil. Place each trout filet into saute pan. Cook 2-3 minutes on medium heat. Turn over and finish cooking another minute or two. Place hot sauce on plate and lay trout filets on plate. Garnish.

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