Baked Trout With Caper Stuffing

Name: Baked Trout With Caper Stuffing
Ingredients: 4 whole fresh trout, gutted; 2 tablespoons butter; For the Stuffing; 3 tablespoons chopped parsley; 1 lemon, juice and zest of; 1 tablespoon capers, chopped; 1 garlic clove, grated; 1 medium onion, finely sliced; salt & freshly ground black pepper

9 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

4 whole fresh trout, gutted
2 tablespoons butter
For the Stuffing
3 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 lemon, juice and zest of
1 tablespoon capers, chopped
1 garlic clove, grated
1 medium onion, finely sliced
salt & freshly ground black pepper

Directions

1

Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 7/425F/220°C.
2

To make the stuffing, mix parsley, lemon zest and juice, capers, grated garlic and finely sliced onion together in a bowl.
3

Season with salt and freshly milled black pepper and give it a good mix.
4

Open each trout and in the gut cavity, spread the stuffing then fold back to its original shape.
5

Place the fish in a buttered baking dish.
6

Put a knob of butter on each fish and bake on the top shelf of the oven for 15 minutes, basting once with the juice.
7

To serve, place the fish on a serving plate and pour over the fish the remaining juices from the tray.