Bacon Mushroom Goat Cheese Stuffed Trout.
Ingredients of Bacon Mushroom Goat Cheese Stuffed Trout
- It’s of Stuffing.
- Prepare 4 slice of bacon, crumbled.
- You need 2 clove of garlic, minced.
- Prepare 1 cup of mushrooms, chopped.
- It’s 3 tbsp of fresh rosemary, fine chopped.
- Prepare 2 cup of fresh spinach, rough chopped.
- It’s 2 cup of fresh bread crumbs, 1/8 inch cut.
- You need 1 tbsp of olive oil, extra virgin.
- It’s 1 of Sea salt, cracked pepper to taste.
- It’s 3 oz of softened goat cheese.
- It’s 1/4 cup of white wine, optional.
- It’s of trout preparation.
- It’s 4 of rainbow trout filets, skin on.
- It’s 1 cup of lemon juice.
- Prepare 1 of chopped rosemary, reserved from stuffing mixture.
- It’s 1 of Sea salt, cracked pepper to taste.
Bacon Mushroom Goat Cheese Stuffed Trout step by step
- in a large oven safe skillet, cook bacon, set aside to cool and crumble, reserve a table spoon of bacon grease in the pan.
- dice your fresh bread in to small cubes, season with a tablespoon of rosemary, salt and pepper. drizzle with small amount of olive oil and toss to incorporate, set aside.
- saute garlic in reserved grease until aromatic, then add mushrooms and wine. allow wine to reduce until mushrooms absorb most of the liquid..
- reduce heat to low and stir in crumble bacon, and top with chopped spinach and stir until spinach wilts.
- in a non stick pan, toast bread crumbs on med high heat until bread starts to get a crunch, add to stuffing mixture, remove mixture from pan and set aside.
- brush trout filets liberally with lemon juice, season with chopped rosemary, salt and pepper.
- place 2 filets skin side down in your skillet, spoon on stuffing mixture. do not worry about spill over..
- dot the top of stuffing with goat cheese, drizzle with remainder lemon juice, and place remaining 2 filets on top, skin side up, like a sandwhich. spread remainder stuffing around filets.
- cook in a 350 oven for 10 to 15 minutes until fish is barely flaking. be very careful not to over cook. serve with a lemon wedge and enjoy.