Trout recipe with bacon and sage.

[Kevin]

All we need are some fresh trout. This requires very little, so backpacking in the ingredients on a moderate trip would not be fatal.


Bacon-Wrapped Trout Stuffed with Fresh Sage Recipe courtesy Bob Blumer
See this recipe on air Wednesday May. 11 at 9:30 AM ET/PT.




Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Medium
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
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4 (10-ounce) trout, head and tail on, gutted
2 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and pepper
4 large sprigs fresh sage
2 lemons, halved and sliced
1 1/2 pounds sliced bacon
Toothpicks

Drizzle cavity of trout with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Stuff cavity with 4 lemon slices and 1 sprig of sage.
Wrap trout with bacon like a mummy, using toothpicks to hold bacon in place. Each trout will require about 6 strips of bacon.

Grill for approximately 5 minutes per side over direct medium-high heat, or until bacon is crispy and trout is cooked throughout. Trout can also be pan-seared for approximately 5 minutes per side.





Episode#: SG2013
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[Smokepole]

Sometimes, for a short trip I'll bring a small aluminum non-stick frying pan and butter if I'm sure I'll catch some fish. Small trout curl up like a potato chip. Cook 'em till they're crispy, and the tails even crunch like potato chips. The only problem is that as the cook, I never get to eat until everyone else is full because the trout disappear as soon as they're done and I can only cook a few at a time. This happens especially around teenage boys, even boys who say they don't like fish. On a longer trip, I carry aluminum foil and butter, and cook them on the coals. Someone else mentioned fresh dill weed, I also like just plain old salt and black pepper. The best trout I ever had were native brookies from back east. They were gorged on crayfish, with salmon-covered flesh. A diet of crustaceans (scuds, crayfish) makes fish fat and turns them orange. There is no better eating.

Gotta go now, I'm packing to take some teenagers fishing. No school on Friday, except trout fishing 101.

[Kevin]

Smokepole, good for you. I may just have to be on a neighboring stream doing the same thing tomorrow afternoon.

[Smokepole]

We'll be camped up on the Laramie River. I'm taking three boys, not all mine, with varying degrees of skill (can you say "hook removal") so we'll probably hit some of the lakes in that neck of the woods. Easier to fish and easier for the old man keeping up with 'em. We'll plink some cans while we're at it, hopefully with some fish sizzling in the background.

I'm leaving work now......