Whole Baked Trout With Mushrooms Recipes

BAKED TROUT WITH GARLIC & MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• 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 bread crumbs over fish 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 20-25 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 1-2 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 this Italian Trout recipe with rice, or Italian pasta, and a vegetable.

TROUT WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute mushrooms in 2 tablespoons butter until tender. Stir in parsley. Remove mushrooms to a serving platter; keep warm. Combine flour and salt in a shallow dish; coat fillets with flour mixture on both sides. Add 2 tablespoons butter to the skillet. Cook trout over medium heat for 8-10 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork; arrange over mushrooms., For sauce, melt remaining butter in a small saucepan. Gradually stir in cream and lemon juice. Bring to a boil for 3-4 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring constantly. Serve over trout and mushrooms.

WHOLE BAKED TROUT WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Melt 3 tablespoons butter with oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms, onion, celery, parsley and thyme; cook until mushrooms brown and all liquid evaporates, stirring frequently, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in prosciutto. Season filling to taste with salt and pepper. Cool. (Filling can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter large baking sheet. Open fish as for book. Drizzle with lemon juice. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Spoon filling over 1 side of each fish, dividing equally. Fold second side over, enclosing filling. Place stuffed fish on prepared sheet. Brush outside of fish with melted butter.
• Bake until cooked through, about 30 minutes. Transfer to platter.

ROAST CHESTNUTS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Put each chestnut flat-side down on a chopping board. Hold the chestnut carefully and, using a sharp knife, cut a long slit or a cross in the top. Make sure you cut through the shell but not the nut inside. The shell is tough and flexible like a skin rather than rock hard like other nut shells, so a small kitchen knife works well.
• Tip the nuts onto a baking sheet or into a roasting tin and arrange them cut-side up. Roast for 30 mins. The cuts should open up and the shell will start to peel back.
• Leave the nuts in the tin to cool down to warm - they will be very hot inside. Put a board on top of the tin while they cool to trap the steam and make them easier to peel. Serve as they are for people to peel, or peel them yourself to use in a recipe.
• If you peel them, you may want to remove the inner, slightly fluffy, membrane as well. If the membrane is difficult to get off (it shouldn't be if you steam them as they cool), you can soak the nuts in boiling water for a minute to loosen. Drain and peel.