Bacon Mushroom Goat Cheese Stuffed Trout

Name: Bacon Mushroom Goat Cheese Stuffed Trout
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 slice bacon, crumbled; 2 clove garlic, minced; 1 cup mushrooms, chopped; 3 tbsp fresh rosemary, fine chopped; 2 cup fresh spinach, rough chopped; 2 cup fresh bread crumbs, 1/8 inch cut; 1 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin; 1 Sea salt, cracked pepper to taste; 3 oz softened goat cheese; 1/4 cup white wine, optional; 4 rainbow trout filets, skin on; 1 cup lemon juice; 1 chopped rosemary, reserved from stuffing mixture; 1 Sea salt, cracked pepper to taste

jessicadpaxton @jessicaDP

Austin, Texas

Bacon Mushroom Goat Cheese Stuffed Trout

jessicadpaxton @jessicaDP

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Ingredients

Stuffing
4 slicebacon, crumbled
2 clovegarlic, minced
1 cupmushrooms, chopped
3 tbspfresh rosemary, fine chopped
2 cupfresh spinach, rough chopped
2 cupfresh bread crumbs, 1/8 inch cut
1 tbspolive oil, extra virgin
1Sea salt, cracked pepper to taste
3 ozsoftened goat cheese
1/4 cupwhite wine, optional
trout preparation
4rainbow trout filets, skin on
1 cuplemon juice
1chopped rosemary, reserved from stuffing mixture
1Sea salt, cracked pepper to taste

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Steps

1

in a large oven safe skillet, cook bacon, set aside to cool and crumble, reserve a table spoon of bacon grease in the pan
2

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
3

saute garlic in reserved grease until aromatic, then add mushrooms and wine. allow wine to reduce until mushrooms absorb most of the liquid.
4

reduce heat to low and stir in crumble bacon, and top with chopped spinach and stir until spinach wilts
5

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
6

brush trout filets liberally with lemon juice, season with chopped rosemary, salt and pepper
7

place 2 filets skin side down in your skillet, spoon on stuffing mixture. do not worry about spill over.
8

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
9

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