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Almondine sauce is an elegant and impressive classic french sauce commonly served with fish. It’s easy to make at home and only takes a few minutes to create. Wild rainbow trout is my favorite fish to serve with this beautiful almond butter sauce.
What is almondine sauce?
Almondine sauce (Amandine) is a french classic most commonly served with trout fish.
This sauce highlights crunchy toasted almonds in nutty brown butter finished off with chopped parsley and fresh lemon juice.
The result is a rich buttery almond sauce that compliments soft flaky fish perfectly. The ideal sauce for trout!

What fish to serve with amandine sauce
Trout is the classic and most common fish to serve with this beautiful almond butter sauce. Wild ocean trout as well as fresh water species like rainbow and brown trout works great as trout almondine.
Salmon is also an excellent fish to serve with almondine sauce. Other white fish like sole, cod or halibut are also good options.

trout almondine
Ingredients you need
Only simple ingredients are used to make this impressive almond butter sauce recipe
Salted butter – best quality you can find
Sliced almonds – natural, preferably with skin on
Lemon juice – freshly squeezed
Parsley – fresh, finely chopped
How to make Almondine sauce
- Spread the almonds out on an oven tray. Roast the almonds in the oven until golden brown
- Add the butter to a hot frying pan, swirl the pan so the butter melts evenly. Cook until the butter is golden brown and smells nutty.
- Add the lemon juice, roasted almonds and parsley. Set aside.
- Serve with your favorite fried or baked fish
Why you love this almondine sauce recipe
- Almondine butter sauce is a simple sauce to make but will lift and compliment your fish and make it and impressive dish to serve.
- It only contains four simple ingredients that you probably got in your pantry already
- The crunchy almonds adds nice texture while the nutty brown butter gives the sauce a wonderful fragrant element that pairs well with fish
What to serve with fish almondine sauce?
Potatoes – Any kind of potatoes works for this dish
Crusty bread
Crunchy greens – Green beans are a classic side veg for this dish, however broccoli, snowpeas, sauted spinach, zucchini or any other greens are great too

This is an excellent sauce for trout, however other soft flaky fish works well too.
Try this almondine sauce recipe at home. I’m sure you love it!
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Almondine sauce (Amandine)
Toasted almonds and brown butter finished off with fresh lemon juice and chopped parsley balances this sauce perfectly and makes it a wonderful accompaniment to serve with fried or baked fish.
Almondine sauce recipe
Instructions
Almond sauce for fish
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Amandine sauce
- Spread the almonds out on an oven tray. Roast the almonds in the oven until golden brown
- Add the butter to a frying pan, swirl the pan so the butter melts evenly. Cook until the butter is golden brown and smells nutty.
- Add the lemon juice, roasted almonds and parsley. Set aside.
- Serve with your favorite fried or baked fish