Uncle ben's grilled stuffed trout

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 trout
8 thin slices lemon
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 20:22:13

Directions

½ ts fresh dill -- finely

: chopped

: Salt and pepper -- to taste 2 TB bacon drippings

1 md onion -- chopped

½ c chopped celery

1 c sliced mushrooms

1 c crumbled cornbread

4½ oz ripe olives -- chopped ½ c sour cream

¼ c butter -- melted

PANTRY: 1 TROUT: (4- to 5-pound) fresh sea trout, with head on, or 4 small trout (⅔ to ¾ pound each) Preheat the grill. Wash and drain the fish. Sprinkle the outside and inside of the trout with the dill, salt, and pepper. In a medium skillet, heat the bacon fat, add the onion, celery, and mushrooms, and saute until soft. Add the cornbread, olives, sour cream, and melted butter. If necessary moisten with water slightly to make the stuffing hold together. Stuff the cavity ofthe fish with the mixture and close securely. Arrange 4 lemon slices on each side of fish.

Place trout in oiled fish basket. Place basket on grill and cook until done, 10 minutesper inch of thickness, including stuffing, or about 15 minutes per side. Or place the fish in 2 greased rectangular baking pans, garnish the fish with lemons, and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes per inch of thickness, including stuffing, about 15 to 20 minutes.Yield: 4 servings

Recipe By : Nathalee Dupree, TVFN ~0700 (

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