Baked Trout With Caper Stuffing

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 4 whole fresh trout, gutted
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 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

Recipe

• 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.