Baked
Trout with Garlic & Mushrooms
Recipe Ingredients
4 or 5 trout 3/4 to 1 pound each
1/3 to 1/2 cup olive oil
4 or 5 cloves garlic, chopped
fresh ground black pepper
salt
1/2 to 3/4 pound fresh mushrooms
1/2 cube butter
4 tablespoons fine dry bread crumbs
3 or 4 green onions, sliced
3 fresh lemons
2 tablespoons minced parsley
Directions
To cook trout, wash and dry the fish inside and out and
coat sides with a little olive oil. Slice mushrooms and place
half in the bottom of a shallow baking dish. Salt and pepper
fish, inside and out, to taste and place in dish on top of
mushrooms. Sprinkle with bread crumbs along with the minced
parsley, chopped garlic and the green onion. If using fresh
lemons, squeeze 1 or 2 directly over the entire trout
including the inside.
Meanwhile melt butter, add to olive oil and the juice of 2
lemons. Pour slowly over fish saving about half of the
mixture. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes at 375 degrees or until
they are tender and bread crumbs are light brown. Fish is done
when the meat flakes easily when a fork is inserted into the
flesh and lifted up slightly.
Just before the fish are done, saute 1 to 2 minutes, the
remaining mushrooms in the sauce that is left and pour over
top after placing trout on a serving plate. Garnish with a few
lemon wedges and a few sprigs of fresh parsley. Serve with
rice, or pasta, and a vegetable.
