Baked Basmati and Currant Stuffed Trout

Serves 4
Time 1 hr 15 min

Fragrant basmati rice and sweet-tart dried currants make a delicious stuffing for whole, fresh trout in this impressive main course. As your fish monger to butterfly the fish for you at the seafood counter.

Special Diets:

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Ingredients

    4 smallwhole trout, heads intact, butterflied
    1 smallzucchini, diced
    1red or yellow bell pepper, diced
    1carrot, diced
    1 smallonion, diced
    1/2 cupdried currants
    1 1/2 tablespoonsextra-virgin olive oil, divided
    Fresh herbs of your choice
    1 cupbrown basmati rice
    2 cupslow-sodium chicken stock (or fish or vegetable)
    3 tablespoonsdry wild rice
    1lemon, halved
    1/2 teaspoonfine sea salt
    1/4 teaspoonground black pepper

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Method

Make stuffing by sautéing zucchini, bell peppers, carrots, and onion in 1/2 tablespoon olive oil; season with fresh herbs of your choice. W


When barely cooked, add currants, brown basmati, and wild rice and stir for a few minutes until fragrant and toasty.


Add stock, stirring, bring to a boil.


Cover and reduce heat to a very low; let simmer 40 to 45 minutes.


Preheat the oven to 350°F.


When stuffing is ready, prepare trout by rubbing inside flesh and outside of fish with olive oil.


Rub inside with a piece of lemon, and season with salt and pepper.


Arrange trout in an oiled baking dish and stuff each with 1/2 cup or so of the rice mixture.


Bake 20 minutes.

Nutritional Info

Serving Size

Calories

410

Total Fat

11g

Saturated Fat

2.5g

Cholesterol

55mg

Sodium

370mg

Total Carbohydrate

51g

Dietary Fiber

5g

Total Sugars

5g

Protein

27g

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