Baked Trout With Garlic & Mushrooms

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 27 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 5 (3/4 lb) trout
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 5 cloves garlic, chopped
• fresh ground black pepper
• salt
• 1/2-3/4 lb fresh mushrooms
• 1/4-1/2 cup butter
• 4 tablespoons fine dry breadcrumbs
• 4 green onions, sliced
• 3 fresh lemons (or lemon concentrate)
• 2 tablespoons minced parsley

Recipe

• 1 to cook trout, wash and dry the fish inside and out and coat sides with a little olive oil.
• 2 slice mushrooms and place half in the bottom of a shallow baking dish.
• 3 salt and pepper fish, inside and out, to taste and place in dish on top of mushrooms.
• 4 sprinkle bread crumbs over fish along with the minced parsley, chopped garlic and the green onion.
• 5 if using fresh lemons, squeeze 1 or 2 directly over the entire trout including the inside.
• 6 meanwhile melt butter, add to olive oil and the juice of 2 lemons.
• 7 pour slowly over fish saving about half of the mixture.
• 8 bake for 20-25 minutes at 375 degrees or until they are tender and bread crumbs are light brown.
• 9 fish is done when the meat flakes easily when a fork is inserted into the flesh and lifted up slightly.
• 10 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.
• 11 garnish with a few lemon wedges and a few sprigs of fresh parsley.
• 12 serve this italian trout recipe with rice, or italian pasta, and a vegetable.