Baked Trout with Garlic & Mushrooms

32 min | 5 min prep

Ingredients

2 pound trout 
1/2 cup olive oil 
5 cloves garlic, chopped 
fresh ground black pepper 
salt 
3/4 lb fresh mushrooms 
1/4-1/2 cup butter 
4 tablespoons fine dry breadcrumbs
4 green onions, sliced 
3 fresh lemons (or lemon concentrate) 
2 tablespoons minced parsley 

Directions
To cook trout, wash and dry the fish inside and out and coat sides 
with a little olive oil.
Slice mushrooms and place half in the bottom of a shallow baking dish.
Salt and pepper fish, inside and out, to taste and place in dish on top of mushrooms.
Sprinkle bread crumbs over fish along with the minced parsley, chopped garlic and 
the green onion.
If using fresh lemons, squeeze 1 lemon directly over the entire trout including 
the inside.
Meanwhile melt butter, add to olive oil and the juice of 2 lemons.
Pour slowly over fish saving about half of the mixture.
Bake for 20-25 minutes at 375 degrees or until they are tender and bread crumbs 
are light brown.
Fish is done when the meat flakes easily when a fork is inserted into the flesh 
and lifted up slightly.
Just before the fish are done, saute 2 minutes , the remaining mushrooms in the 
sauce that is left and pour over top after placing trout on a serving plate.
Garnish with a few lemon wedges and a few sprigs of fresh parsley.

Served with potato and vegetables