Ingredients
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1/4 cup butter
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1/2 cup finely chopped onion
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1/2 cup finely chopped celery
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1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
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3 cups Italian bread, cubes
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1 tablespoon chablis (or other dry white wine)
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4 (8 ounce) farm raised whole trout, dressed
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1 tablespoon lemon juice
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1 tablespoon soy sauce
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1/2 cup all-purpose flour
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2 slices bacon, cut in half
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lemon slice
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1 large egg, slightly beaten
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1 garlic clove, minced
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat; add onion and celery, and cook, stirring constantly, until tender.
- Remove from heat, stir in parsley and next 4 ingredients.
- Add bread cubes; toss gently.
- Combine egg and white wine; stir into bread mixture.
- Spread evenly into 11- x 7- x1 ½†baking dish; set aside.
- Rinse trout; pat dry.
- Sprinkle inside of fish evenly with ½ tsp salt.
- Combine lemon juice and soy sauce; brush inside of fish, reserving remaining lemon juice mixture.
- Dredge fish in flour.
- Place over stuffing, overlapping slightly.
- Drizzle with reserved lemon juice mixture.
- Place bacon over trout.
- Cover and bake at 350* for 45 minutes.
- Uncover and bake an additional 15 minutes.