Baked Trout, Irish Style

Ingredients

• Green onion, diced

• 1 green bell pepper, chopped

• 1⁄4 cup butter

• 1 cup breadcrumbs

• 1⁄4 cup fresh parsley, chopped

• 1 teaspoon lemon juice

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1⁄4 teaspoon dried basil

• 4 Mt. Lassen Trout, Whole

• salt, for rubbing

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

2. Melt butter in a hot pan, add onions and peppers and cook until tender. Remove from heat.

3. Stir in bread crumbs, parsley, lemon juice, salt and basil.

4. Rub cavities of each trout with salt. Stuff each fish with about 1/4 cup of the stuffing.

5. Place fish in greased 13x9-inch baking dish. Bake in oven at 350° for 30 to 35 minutes, or until fish flakes easily with fork.

6. Garnish with cherry tomatoes, lemon, red onion and sprigs of fresh parsley, if desired.