Preparation of necessary products
To prepare this wonderful dish we will need:
- trout - 1 fish (350-500 g);
- half a lemon;
- vegetable oil (preferably olive oil) - 1 tablespoon;
- parsley - a small bunch;
- salt is large;
- ground pepper;
- foil for baking.
This list is enough for baking troutsimple classic recipe. Since trout has an exquisite taste, there is no need for a large number of ingredients and spices when preparing it. Although some interesting options are worth paying attention to, and we will consider them below. In the meantime, let's cook trout in the classic version.
The cooking process
- We clean fish, cut the fins and tail, remove the insides and gills, rinse well and dry with paper napkins.
- Lay the fish on the foil, folded into 2 layers. We rub the carcass of trout with salt and ground pepper outside and inside.
- Cut a few thin circles of lemon, from the rest of it squeeze the juice.
- Mix the lemon juice with olive oil and water the fish both outside and inside.
- Prepared earlier circles of lemon cutin half. On one side of the carcass we make several transverse incisions, holding the knife at an angle of 45 degrees, and insert the slices of the lemon skinned into these cuts.
- We fill the belly of the salmon with chopped parsley.
- Raise the edges of the foil and wrap the fish well,so that when baking does not drain juice, the foil should not fit too tightly. Here it should be noted that leakage of the juice will cause the fish to turn dry and burn, consider this point.
- The oven must be preheated.We put our fish in it. Baking temperature is 180 °C, time is 30-40 minutes, depending on the size of the fish. After 20-30 minutes of baking, we take it out, open the foil on top and put the trout back in the oven for another 10 minutes to let the fish brown a little.
Ready!Place our beautiful, appetizing fish on a plate, sprinkle with lemon juice, and sprinkle with chopped herbs. It will be absolutely gorgeous if you first put lettuce leaves on the bottom of the dish and then put the fish on top. Sliced vegetables placed around the trout will add a special freshness. You can put slices of sliced black olives on lemon wedges inserted into the cuts in the carcass. To decorate the dish, let your imagination run wild, and a real work of art will appear on your table.
Try other cooking options
As we have already noted above, an excessive amountingredients and spices obscure the real taste of trout. In this case, mayonnaise is one of such products. Yes, baking in the oven with mayonnaise can make any product quite tasty, but we will not spoil the trout. And we do not need extra calories. One of the options for preparing for baking can be making a simple sauce. Add a tablespoon of soy sauce and the same amount of white wine to the mixture of juice, lemon and olive oil from the main recipe. Soak the fish in this sauce, keeping it for 15-20 minutes. Then do everything according to the above recipe. You can also experiment with stuffing the fish before sending it to the oven. We filled the belly of the fish with simply chopped herbs, but you can add diced tomatoes and onions to the herbs. There is another option for gourmets. Try stuffing trout with diced canned pineapple and a sprig of rosemary. Boiled rice with a little soy sauce can also be used as a filling. Another classic filling is carrots grated on a coarse grater, mixed with chopped onions and chopped herbs. There are many other original filling options, you can come up with something of your own to your taste, but do not forget that we are not just cooking fish, but trout with a unique taste, and you should try not to drown it out with an excess of other flavors. In conclusion, trout should be noted as a unique food product. Being a dietary product, trout confidently takes its place among delicacies. Although this fish is not cheap, it is still affordable enough to at least occasionally delight you with its presence on your table. Bon appetit and be healthy!
