Recipe - Baked Trout With Garlic-Almond Butter

Trout
Red onion; cut or sliced up very thin
Fresh basil leaves
Salt and pepper

GARLICALMOND BUTTER
1 cup Slivered almonds
2 (up to)
3 Cloves garlic
1 Stick butter or margerine
1 Lemon; juice of

From: dferrell@eleven.uccs.edu (Diane M. Ferrell)

Date: 18 Nov 1994 18:31:39 0500
The last time we had some fresh trout I baked it with basil and onions and
everyone loved it. We didn't filet the trout, so it was baked whole, but I
imagine you could use the recipe for the filets.

Soak the trout in salt water for 15 minutes. Rinse well and scrape the
skin lightly. Rinse again. Salt and pepper the cavity. Thinly slice the
onion and place several slices inside the cavity. Clean the basil and
coarsly chop. Place the basil in the cavity also. Use about 45 very large
leaves. Place the trout in a baking pan with just a small amount of water.
Cover will foil and bake at 350 degrees. These were extremely large trout
that my brother had caught. They were over a pound each and about 18" long.
I baked them for about 25 minutes. During the last 10 minutes of baking
time I spread the garlicalmond butter on top, recoved with the foil and
baked for 5 minutes more. The last five minutes I removed the foil.

Garlicalmond butter: Puree the garlic and butter together in the processor
then put in a heavy skillet on medium high heat. When the butter begins to
sizzle add the slivered almonds and toast until just beginning to turn
golden. Remove from the heat and add the lemon and mix well.

I would think that you could salt and pepper the filets, lay them in a
baking dish, then cover with basil then onions and the foil. The filets
would not take nearly so long to bakemaybe 15 minutes with the last few
minutes baking uncovered and with the garlicalmond butter on. Fresh water
trout is done when it flakes easily apart. But, as with all fish, it
doesn't take very long to cook.

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