Questions & Answers - Definition of Au Bleu

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Looking for the meaning of Trout au Bleu. Do you know it's definition? - Carleen McPhedrain (2/12/00)

 

au bleu - The French term for the method of preparing fish the instant after it is killed. Used especially for trout, as in "truite au blue," when the freshly killed fish is plunged into a boiling court-bouillon, which turns the skin a metallic blue color.