Stuffed Rocky Mountain Trout Recipes

STUFFED TROUT

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Stuff into trout. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAINBOW TROUT WITH TROUT ROE

Steps:

• Open the trout fillets and fan out like a book, lifting open both fillets to create an even, somewhat flat surface.
• In a small bowl, mix together the sumac and salt. Season the trout on both sides with the sumac-salt blend.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high. Working in batches, add one trout at a time, flesh-side down, and cook undisturbed for 1 to 2 minutes. Flip the fish and cook until firm throughout, 1 to 2 more minutes. Transfer the trout to a warm plate, skin-side down, and tent with foil until all the fish is cooked. Repeat with the remaining oil and fish. (You only need 3 tablespoons oil: 1 tablespoon for each batch except the last, which won't need it.)
• Lightly drizzle the cooked trout with more oil, if desired. Garnish with walnuts and watercress; spoon the trout roe on top. Serve immediately.

STUFFED TROUT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425°F.
• Heat the olive oil in a large nonreactive saucepan. Stir in the mushrooms, peppers, jalapeño, onion, and celery, if using.
• Cook for 2 to 3 minutes over medium-high heat, stirring frequently.
• Remove from the heat and cool for 15 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Stir in the crabmeat. Set the mixture aside.
• Fan open the trout and sprinkle with the Old Bay Seasoning.
• Loosely pack the cavities of the fish with the vegetable-and crabmeat mixture. Place in a large baking dish and bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until cooked through. The fish will expand, displaying the stuffing.
• Remove the trout from the pan and squeeze a lemon into the pan juices. Pour over the fish. Garnish with chopped parsley before serving.

STUFFED TROUT (CAMPSIDE OR GRILLED)

Steps:

• --If preparing for camping, package in advance--.
• Mix diced bread, parsley and spices in one sealable bag.
• Mix onions, pepper, celery,and garlic in another bag.
• --To prepare stuffing--.
• Combine diced bread, onions, peppers, celery, garlic and spices.
• Stir in melted butter or margarine.
• Fill each trout cavity with stuffing mixture.
• Sprinkle with paprika.
• Spray pieces of heavy duty foil wrap with cooking spray.
• Wrap fish in the foil tightly.
• Bury in hot coals of your campfire or grill for about 10 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

STUFFED BAKED TROUT

Steps:

• Cook and stir onions and pepper in butter until tender.
• Removed from heat and add gread crumbs, parsley, lemon juice and basil.
• Rub cavities of trout with salt then stuff each with approx 1/4 cup of stuffing.
• Place fish in baking dish
• Cook uncovered in 350 degree oven until fish flakes easily. approximately 30 - 35 minutes.
• Garnish with cherry tomatoes and parsley if desired.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN TROUT WITH HAZELNUTS AND HARICOTS VERTS

Steps:

• Place the hazelnuts on a baking sheet in a preheated 350-degree oven for 10 minutes. When they are lightly toasted, remove from the oven and immediately rub them vigorously in a heavy, dry kitchen towel to remove the skins. Set aside to cool.
• Place the new potatoes, the minced shallots, and the chicken stock in a 2 quart sauce pot. Add 1 teaspoon of salt, and bring to a boil. Lower the heat to a simmer and cover with a tight-fitting lid. Cook for 20 minutes, or until the potatoes are done, but firm. The tip of a knife should penetrate them with a slight resistance.
• Meanwhile, cut off the head and tail of the trout. Using tweezers, remove any pin bones you may find in the trout. Separate the trout into 2 fillets each by cutting down the back of the trout. Season with salt and pepper, and dredge the trout fillets in the flour.
• Add the green beans to the potato pot, cover and place on medium-high heat for 5 minutes.
• Preheat a 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Add the olive oil and 2 tablespoons of butter. Saute the trout fillets, skin side down, until golden brown. Turn the fillets and cook 1 more minute. Remove from the pan, and repeat until all the trout are cooked. Place all the fillets a baking sheet in the oven to keep warm. Add the contents of the potato pot to the trout pan. Add the hazelnuts, bring to a boil, and stir in the lemon juice and butter.
• To serve, divide the potato mixture onto 4 plates, and place 2 fillets, skin side up, crisscrossed on each plate. Spoon the remaining hazelnut sauce over each portion, and serve immediately.

STUFFED TROUT

Steps:

• Make the tomato vinaigrette. Over a flame or in the broiler, lightly char the outside of a few Roma tomatoes. Purée the tomato smooth and measure one cup. Blend the tomato with the vinegar, dijon, lemon juice, and one teaspoon of salt. Now emulsify the tomato mixture with the olive oil. Set aside and do not cool.
• Dice the focaccia into one-inch cubes and lightly toast. Then buzz the crumbs in a food processor.
• Toast the pine nuts in a pan on the stove until lightly browned. Cool and roughly chop.
• Cook the leeks. Dice them small and sauté with two tablespoons of butter until they are translucent. Season with salt. Add a splash of water and cook until the water is absorbed. Repeat the water process. Cooking out the water will make the leeks nice and creamy. Set aside to cool.
• Make the stuffing. Mix the bread crumbs, pine nuts, capers, lemon zest, parsley, ramp powder, ½ teaspoon of salt, and ½ teaspoon of cracked black pepper.
• Lay out the fish skin side down and lightly season the flesh with salt. Add a liberal amount of the bread crumb mixture to each fish. Now split the leeks between the two fish and evenly layer over the bread crumbs. Close the fish and tie off with butcher's twine in 3 or 4 places, running the fish's length to secure the filling. You can also omit using the butcher's twine, just be careful when you handle the fish during the cooking process.
• Preheat the oven to 425ºF.
• Dredge and sear the fish. Heat two tablespoons of oil in a large skillet on medium-high heat. Lay the fish into seasoned flour and brush off any excess. Carefully set the fish in the oil. Sear until browned, flip, add a tablespoon of butter, and brown the second side. Remove the first fish to a sheet tray. Pour out the existing oil/butter and repeat the searing process with the second fish.
• Bake the fish on the sheet tray for 15 to 20 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165ºF.
• While the fish is baking, cook the asparagus al dente in a hot pan with butter and garlic. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
• Plate with tomato oil down first, then asparagus, and finish with the fish. Drizzle a little olive oil and garnish with finely chopped chives.

STUFFED ROCKY MOUNTAIN TROUT

Steps:

• Rinse fish and pat dry. Lightly sprinkle inside and outside of fish with salt and pepper set aside.Preheat oven to 425°. Generously grease a broiler pan. In a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat, sauté celery and green onions in butter or margarine for 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and sauté for 2 minutes. Add crumbs, parsley, lemon juice, marjoram, salt and paprika cook and stir for 2 minutes or until crumbs are lightly toasted.Loosely stuff cavity of each fish with one-fourth of the stuffing mixture. Measure height of the largest stuffed fish at the thickest part to determine baking time.Wrap three slices of bacon, spiral-fashion, around each trout, securing stuffing. Place fish in a single layer in broiler pan. Brush each with butter or margarine. Bake 10 minutes per inch of stuffed fish or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Turn oven to broil. Broil 6 inches from heat source until bacon is slightly crisped.To serve, place fish on a heated platter. Garnish with lemon and watercress or parsley. Serve immediately.