Trailside Trout With Walnut Herb Stuffing Recipes

WALNUT-HERB STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees, with racks in middle and lower thirds. On two rimmed baking sheets, arrange bread in a single layer. Toast until dry and pale golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool.
• Meanwhile, lightly butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium. Add onion, celery, and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until onion and celery are softened, about 7 minutes. Add raisins, walnuts, sage, oregano, rosemary, and thyme leaves and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Transfer to a large bowl and season with salt and pepper.
• Add parsley, eggs, and bread; stir to combine. Add broth in two additions, stirring until absorbed after each addition. Season generously with salt and pepper and transfer stuffing to dish. Bake on middle rack until deep golden brown on top, 25 to 30 minutes. Let sit 5 minutes before serving.

TRAILSIDE TROUT WITH WALNUT-HERB STUFFING

Steps:

• At home: Mix cracker crumbs, walnuts, and dill in a resealable plastic bag. Store oil, watercress, water onion, parsley, and soy sauce in individual bags and containers and combine them in a larger, self-sealing plastic bag labeled with recipe instructions.
• On the trail: Place onion in a skillet with 1 tablespoon of the oil. Cook and stir over low to medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Add parsley and water. Cover and steam for a minute or so; stir in the watercress.
• Combine the cracker-walnut mixture with the onion-parsley mixture in a medium bowl to make the stuffing. Stir in soy sauce.
• Stuff each trout with 1/4 of the walnut-herb stuffing. Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat and add remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Add trout to skillet, cover, and cook until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 10 minutes per side.

STUFFING WITH GOLDEN RAISINS AND WALNUTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9 by 13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Place the raisins in a small bowl and cover with 1 cup hot water. Set aside.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and celery, season with salt, pepper, and poultry seasoning, and cook until softened, 6 to 7 minutes.
• Drain the raisins, reserving the liquid, and put them into a large bowl with the bread, walnuts, parsley, and sage. Add the cooked onions and celery. Mix everything together, pour over the chicken broth, season with salt and pepper, and mix again. If the mixture seems too dry, add some of the reserved soaking liquid from the raisins. Spoon the stuffing into the prepared baking dish (stuffing can be made ahead to this point, covered, and refrigerated overnight). Bake until the top is golden brown, about 30 minutes.

ROAST CHICKEN WITH WALNUT-HERB STUFFING

Steps:

• Rinse the chicken and pat dry. Put on a large plate and refrigerate, uncovered, at least 4 hours or overnight to dry out the skin.
• Pat the chicken dry and season the cavity with salt and pepper. Put the chicken on a rack in a roasting pan, tucking the wings underneath. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Cook the butter, garlic and walnuts in a small skillet over low heat until the butter is melted and the nuts are lightly toasted, 5 to 7 minutes. Brush the chicken with 2 tablespoons of the garlic butter; transfer the remaining butter mixture (including the garlic and nuts) to a large bowl. Add the parsley, thyme and bread and toss to coat. Fill the cavity of the chicken with about two-thirds of the stuffing. Tuck the remaining stuffing on the baking sheet underneath the chicken. Sprinkle the chicken with 2 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• Transfer the roasting pan to the oven and roast until the stuffing is toasted, about 20 minutes. Add 2 cups chicken broth to the pan and roast 40 more minutes. Use a spoon to scoop the stuffing out of the chicken and transfer to the bottom of the roasting pan with the rest of the stuffing. Reduce the heat to 425 degrees F and continue roasting until an instant-read thermometer registers 165 degrees F, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Transfer the chicken to a platter and let rest 15 minutes. Transfer the stuffing to a bowl. Put the roasting pan on the stovetop over medium-high heat. Add the remaining 2 cups broth to the pan and cook, scraping up any browned bits with a wooden spoon, until almost syrupy, 5 to 8 minutes. Return the stuffing to the pan to soak up the juices. Serve with the chicken.

BAKED TROUT WITH FRESH HERBS

Steps:

• Sprinkle the trout with salt and black pepper to taste.
• Combine parsley and the next 6 ingredients in a small bowl and stir.
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• Stuff half of herb mixture in each fish cavity.
• Place fish in buttered 13 X 9 X 2-inch baking dish and dot the fish with butter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until fish flakes easily.
• Garnish with lemon wedges.

WALNUT CRUSTED TROUT FILLETS

Steps:

• Using fork, stir flour, sage, salt and pepper on large plate to blend.
• Whisk eggs in medium bowl.
• Place walnuts on another large plate.
• Sprinkle trout fillets with salt and pepper.
• Dredge trout in flour mixture, then dip in eggs to coat.
• Press both sides of trout in walnuts to coat.
• Melt 1 TBS butter with 1 TBS oil in each of 2 heavy large skillets over medium heat.
• Add 2 trout fillets to each skillet.
• Cook until coating is lightly browned and trout are cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.
• Transfer trout to plates.
• Squeeze 1 lemon wedge over each fillet, sprinkle with parsley, and serve.
• Serves 4.