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Ingredients:

1 cup cooked wild rice

4 oz small diced bacon

½ white onion, small diced

½ red bell pepper, small diced

1 branch celery, small diced

1 clove garlic, minced

1 small Yukon gold potato, small diced

1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme

1 tbsp chopped fresh tarragon

8 oz smoked trout filet, skin removed and lightly pulled apart

4 oz butter

2 oz flour

16 oz clam juice or chicken stock

1 cup heavy cream

1 lemon

4 oz chives

Salt

Bread to serve sliced

Directions:

1. Over medium heat, brown the bacon and keep the fat in the pan.
2. Add the vegetables and butter over medium heat.
3. Add flour and stir to incorporate, cook for two minutes.
4. Add clam juice and potato and bring to a boil.
5. Reduce heat slightly and cook until potatoes are soft, approximately 20 minutes.
6. Add the fresh herbs, rice and flake the trout in last. 
7. Garnish with grated lemon. 

Connecticut Trout Fishing Lakes

The cold waters in Connecticut make a haven for trout. You can find populations of trout in Amos Lake, Barkhamsted Lake, Bashan Lake, Beach Pond, Black Pond, Candlewood Lake, Cedar Lake, Colebrook Impoundment, Gardner Lake, Green Falls Reservoir, Highland Lake, Mansfield Hollow Lake, Mashapaug Lake, Pachaug Pond, Quinebaug Pond, Rogers Lake, Lake Saltonstall, Saugatuck Reservoir, Squantz Pond, Tyler Lake, Waramaug Lake, Washining Lake - East Twin, West Hill Pond and Wononscopomuc Lake.