Trout with Pine Nuts and Rice Stuffing, Roasted Red Peppers, and Fennel
- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 2 large red bell peppers, cut into 1/2-inch-wide strips
- 1 large fennel bulb, thinly sliced, 1/4 cup fronds chopped
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 cup cooled cooked white rice (about 1/3 cup uncooked)
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
- 2 3/4- to 1-pound whole boneless trout
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Spray large rimmed baking sheet with nonstick spray.
- Spread peppers and fennel bulb on prepared sheet.
- Drizzle with oil.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Roast until vegetables begin to brown, stirring occasionally, about 28 minutes.
- Meanwhile, mix rice, pine nuts and 1/4 cup chopped fennel fronds in bowl.
- Season stuffing with salt and pepper.
- Remove baking sheet from oven; push vegetables to sides of sheet.
- Place trout in center of sheet; sprinkle inside of trout with salt and pepper.
- Spoon stuffing into trout cavities.
- Fold trout to enclose stuffing.
- Roast until trout are opaque, about 20 minutes.
- Open each trout and cut lengthwise in half.
- Transfer 1 trout half and some stuffing to each of 4 plates.
- Spoon vegetable mixture alongside.
vegetable oil spray, red bell peppers, fennel bulb, extravirgin olive oil, white rice, pine nuts, trout
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/trout-with-pine-nuts-and-rice-stuffing-roasted-red-peppers-and-fennel-104707 (may not work)