Best Seafood Stuffed Trout Drizzled With Citrus Butter Recipes

SEAFOOD-STUFFED RAINBOW TROUT

Steps:

• Combine 2 tablespoons butter and the lemon juice; drizzle over trout cavities. Sprinkle with pepper; set aside. , In a small skillet, saute the rice, bacon, onion, red pepper, shrimp and scallops in oil for 5 minutes or until scallops are firm and opaque. Spoon into fish cavities. Arrange lemon slices on top of fish. , Brush remaining butter over a sheet of heavy-duty foil; wrap fish in foil and seal tightly. Place on a baking sheet. Bake at 425° for 25-28 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Open foil carefully to allow steam to escape.

CITRUS TROUT ALMONDINE

Steps:

• Drizzle 2 sheets of foil with olive oil; sprinkle each with 1/4 cup sliced almonds and 3/4 teaspoon crushed coriander seeds. Brush four 6-ounce trout fillets with more olive oil; season with salt and pepper. Place each fillet, skin-side down, on top of the nuts. Top with a few orange slices (leave the peel on), then add another fillet, skin-side up, to form a trout sandwich. Sprinkle with more almonds and coriander seeds. Fold up the foil sheets and grill over high heat until the fish is just cooked through and the almonds are toasted, 8 to 10 minutes. Carefully loosen the almond crust from the bottom of the foil with a spatula.

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.

SHRIMP STUFFED TROUT.

Steps:

• Start with shrimp stuffing; sauté onions and mushrooms in butter in skillet until lightly browned.
• Add salt, white pepper, red peppers, green onions, shrimp and sherry.
• Simmer over medium heat until liquid is reduced to glaze, stirring occasionally. Cool.
• Meanwhile, dredge each trout in flour, dip in eggs, and then roll in breadcrumbs to coat lightly.
• Carefully fill each trout cavity with Shrimp Stuffing.
• Secure seams with wood toothpicks.
• Melt butter in a large skillet.
• Sauté trout in butter, few at a time, until lightly brown on both sides and until stuffing is hot.
• Remove trout as done and keep warm.
• Add lemon juice and zest to butter remaining in pan and heat few seconds. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Pour over trout.

ROASTED RAINBOW TROUT WITH ROCK SHRIMP AND SAGE BUTTER STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Well in advance of cooking the fish, prepare the stuffing. Combine the sage, softened butter, lemon juice, spice and seasonings, bread crumbs, pine nuts, jalapenos, garlic and coriander in the bowl of a food processor, pulsing to combine well. Remove and place in a bowl. Keep refrigerated until ready to use.
• Season the trout with salt and pepper and rub the trout with olive oil.
• Divide the stuffing between the 4 fish evenly and spread an even layer inside the cavity of the fish. Divide the shrimp in the same way and add the shrimp in a layer in top of the herb butter. Close the fish to seal in the stuffing.
• Lay the fish on an oiled rack and set in a roasting pan.
• Place the fish in the oven and roast for 12 minutes on each side. Remove and serve immediately.

GRILLED SEAFOOD: FRUTTI DI MARE ALLA GRIGLIA

Steps:

• Preheat grill.
• Rinse the fish inside and out and pat dry. Place the fish and shellfish in a shallow plate and sprinkle on all sides with lemon juice. Drizzle olive oil over everything and season inside and out with salt and pepper. Stuff the whole fish with a few thyme sprigs.
• When the grill is too hot to hold your hand 6-inches above the grill for more than a few seconds, it's ready. Grill the fish without moving it until golden brown grill marks appear. Turn it over and finish grilling on the second side; until the flesh is moist and opaque. Some fish may take longer than others; check often and remove the fish as it finishes cooking.
• To serve, arrange the cooked fish on a large serving platter and drizzle all over with extra-virgin olive oil. Mix any leftover lemon juice with olive oil and coarse salt to make a dipping sauce. Garnish with the parsley and lemon halves.

STUFFED RAINBOW TROUT

Steps:

• 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.