Grilled Trout With Grape Leaves

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 1/2 cups cooked rice
• 3 tablespoons freshly-squeezed lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 2 whole trout (about 3/4 lb each)
• 12 large grape leaves (half an 8-oz jar)

Recipe

• 1 seafood alternatives: small salmon, small bluefish, small arctic char
• 2 in a medium bowl, combine the cooked rice, lemon juice, olive oil and lemon zest with salt and pepper to taste.
• 3 preheat a barbecue grill or preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• 4 thoroughly rinse the fish inside and out and pat dry with paper towels.
• 5 spoon the rice mixture into the cavity of each fish.
• 6 lay 6 grape leaves in a rectangle on the work surface, slightly overlapping so there are no large gaps.
• 7 set one of the trout on top and wrap the leaves up and over the fish.
• 8 lay another leaf or two on top of the fish if necessary to fully enclose it.
• 9 if grilling, tie a few pieces of kitchen string around the fish to secure. repeat with the second fish.
• 10 brush the grill with oil and cook until the fish is just opaque through (make a small slit through the leaves to check), 4 to 6 minutes on each side.
• 11 alternatively, put the fish in an oiled baking dish and bake for about 20 minutes.
• 12 discard the strings and serve.