6 beet crout recipes

Beef filet mignon en croute stuffed with blue cheese butter and wrapped in golden puff pastry. A classic dinner-party showstopper with garlic and chives.

Beer pairing suggestion: American India pale ale or amber ale. The Stone World Bistro & Gardens, in Escondido, California, serves wood-grilled trout with black mission fig butter to make it taste even milder and sweeter. Mission figs are available in the dried fruit section of most large supermarkets. Untreated wood planks for grilling are available in grilling and barbecue sections of hardware store s as well as some supermarkets.

Creamy potato soup topped with strips of smoked trout and fresh watercress. Pureed with whipped cream and calf broth for a velvety, smoky bowl that pairs beautifully with crusty bread and cold beer.

Fresh trout or bass simmered in a rich beer sauce with brown sugar and Worcestershire. This easy Canadian-style skillet fish dinner is ready in 30 minutes flat.

Pan-sauteed trout topped with crawfish tails and capers in a silky lemon butter sauce made from pan drippings. A Louisiana-style fish dish with classic French technique.

Lamb loin en croute with roasted red peppers, feta, and spinach wrapped in golden puff pastry. Finished with a rich balsamic shallot butter sauce - a restaurant-worthy dinner party centerpiece.