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granddad ken's crispy grilled trout with parsley and lemon

granddad ken's crispy grilled trout with parsley and lemon

main courses | serves Serves 2
My granddad used to take me fishing when I was about six years old. He has sadly passed away, but the one thing I thank him for is teaching me not to be scared of bones when eating fish.

Preheat your grill to full whack. Slash each trout with a knife, about ten times on each side. Each slash should be about 0.5cm/¼ inch deep. Rub the trout with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Stuff the cavities with plenty of chopped parsley and the lemon slices. Place the fish side by side on a baking rack over a roasting tray.

Put the lemon zest on top of the fish and place the lemon halves on the tray too. Dot the trout with the butter and place it 15cm/6 inches from the grill. Cook for around 6 minutes on each side until crispy and golden.

Squeeze the roasted lemon over the top of the fish and serve with a simple crunchy side salad.

• from Cook With Jamie

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ingredients

• 2 x 300g/10½oz whole trout, scaled, cleaned and gutted
• olive oil
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• a large bunch of fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked and chopped
• 2 lemons, 1 zested and sliced, 1 halved
a few knobs of butter

user comments

30 comments

1. randa Wed 06 Jan 2010 @ 14:05 i can't find the recipe for the bbqd newspaper wrapped salmon which was shown on bbc lifestyle channel during the holidays. i promised my mom i'll make it but can't find the recipe online!! Help

2. Megan Mon 06 Jul 2009 @ 10:44 My boys came home with a trout catch today, the youngest (5) after fishing for the first time. This trout recipe was perfect, worked really well, simple to make. The boys had a fish each and ate it all! Thanks Jamie.

3. Caroline Brooks Tue 05 May 2009 @ 19:47 That trout recipe was sublime! Many thanksxx

4. Debbie McCall-Peat Thu 30 Apr 2009 @ 14:55 Hi Jamie

I am an aspiring, self taught chef in South Africa...

Would this recipe work with snapper? and would water chestnut butter go well with rainbow trout?

Thanks
Debbie

5. ina Stephenson Wed 08 Apr 2009 @ 17:19 I am diabetic and would like any recipes you have for baking. Thank you.

6. xpinksparkx. Tue 17 Feb 2009 @ 18:07 Hiya Jamie

Is this [granddad ken's crispy grilled trout with parsley and lemon ] The same one where you wrap it with aliminium foil and put it in the oven ? if not please can you send me that recipe ? Thank you

7. Maggie May Thu 25 Sep 2008 @ 19:59 I lent a copy of Sainsbury magazine May2008 to a friend after I had cooked the South Indian prawn curry and the street food parcels for her . Both dishes were fabulous but unforunately my friend has mislaid the magazine and I'm desperate to cook both dishes again. Can you send me the recipes PLEASE.....

8. sarah isaacs Wed 03 Sep 2008 @ 12:21 Please could i have Jamies recipe for his fish pie from the book return of the naked chef , which i do have but im at work . Thank you loads.

Sarah

9. Cathie Bills Fri 25 Jul 2008 @ 17:23 Hi Jamie
I was wondering if I could get the recipe that you did, I think with TV M & S, salmon fish cakes.
All I can remember is you poaching the salmon, mashing the spuds, grated lemon rind. What other ingredients, I'm not sure, but you then made them into fish cakes and baked them.
I would appreciate this recipe and look forward to giving it a go.
Kind regards
Cathie x

10. GORDON RICHARDS Fri 25 Jul 2008 @ 04:58 Hi Jamie i am in New Zealand we have got your programme on Fish and Chips could you please put it on E MAIL or the best way for you to send it to me and have you heard of mixing the batter with beer.
Many thanks for your help Regards Gordon

11. GORDON RICHARDS Thu 24 Jul 2008 @ 11:14 I now live in New Zealand for the 59 years what i miss i nam eighty years youngow more than any thing are the following.
Good old British FISH AND CHIPS with Mushy Peas the Fish and Chips we can buy here are precooked the day before recooked next day also i miss LAVER SEAWEED
not for getting Scrumpy CIDER that just about blow 'your head off and Would it be possible to get recipes for the about Keep up the good work and visit New Zealand i have most of your books and now live on my own the wife died of breast cancer so i can cook your recipe meals easy may you keep good health for 2008. Regards Gordon

12. Ashley Tue 22 Jul 2008 @ 11:00 Hi Jamie
We had a subject in school in which we watched your tv shows but i cant remeber what the recipe was or is called for the lobster bacon and salad sandwich?

13. Jean Fri 18 Jul 2008 @ 15:06 For PAULINE OCHILTREE -

Pauline look at the post above yours. There is a link to the Sainsbury website where you will find the recipe.

14. Pauline Ochiltree Fri 18 Jul 2008 @ 14:18 I see the advert on tv for salmon fishcakes, and liked the idea as it went in the oven. I would very much like the recpe please

15. Pauline Ochiltree Fri 18 Jul 2008 @ 14:16 I see the advert on tv for salmon fishcakes, and liked the idea as it went in the oven. I would very much like the recpe please

16. Jean Thu 17 Jul 2008 @ 22:03 For JANE FILMER -

Jamie's Fantastic Fish Pie recipe is in his book "The Return of the Naked Chef".

For EILIDH -

You will find Jamie's recipe for Fantastic Fish Cakes on the Sainsbury website.
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/family/tasty+ideas/feed_family_for_a_fiver/meal_ideas/salmon_fishcakes.htm

17. MÃ¡rcia Costa Thu 17 Jul 2008 @ 20:57 I don’t like fish this way……..poor fish…
I just eat filet fish because I don’t see it’s head.

18. Crystal McKendrick Wed 16 Jul 2008 @ 02:49 hi im just wondering how to make the crackling on pork very crispy but i hate the taste of heaps of salt, is there a way to make the pork crackling nice and crunchy but without heaps of salt...
thx

19. Maria Mon 14 Jul 2008 @ 17:59 Hey Jamie
I learned how to cook tnx to u : )
Althogh I'm only 17 I really like to cook and to watch ur show,love ya,
You are simply the BEST!!!

20. Amanda Sat 12 Jul 2008 @ 12:53 Jamie's Trout recipe and the Nice's Tray baked Lemon Sole are part of my menu for ever. These are both easy and delicious . 5 star everytime. Through these recipes of Jamie's I am cooking at last. The only regret is it has took me so long to discover them. I am now shell I say "middle aged".
Also where I live both trout and lemon sole are the best value for money fish on the market. This is a added bonus.

21. mary webb Wed 09 Jul 2008 @ 21:36 Have lost the recipe for prawn curry in May 2008 Sainsburys magazine. It was fantastic and I am devastated - can you give me a copy?

22. eilidh Tue 08 Jul 2008 @ 23:23 i was just wondering i have seen the sainsbury advert on tv and my grandma liked the look of the salmon fishcakes? (i don't know if that is their real name?!) but i wanted to surprize her and find the recipe and make a meal for her. but can you find me the recipe? hope you can (fingers and toes crossed!)

23. Tim Tue 08 Jul 2008 @ 13:35 Doing some trout fishing for some wild rainbow and brown trout in the crisp mountain streams of the Drakensburg in South Africa when spring finally arrives in September- will be sure to try this recipe out on the tour party!

24. jane filmer Tue 08 Jul 2008 @ 10:29 In which of your boods is the Fish Pie? I love the Prawn Mayo sandwich.Jane

25. jane filmer Tue 08 Jul 2008 @ 10:28 I love the prawn mayo sandwiches. In which of your books is the Fish Pie - I can't find it in any of my books. Thanks, Jane

26. Nina Mon 07 Jul 2008 @ 08:01 Hey Jamie,

I've been a massive fan of yours since you first appeared on telly all those years ago!. I live in Melbourne in Australia and have all of your recipe books and love cooking from them. I thought that I should share with you that one of my favorite recipes is your Fantastic Fish Pie - I've cooked it so many times and everytime someone new tries it, I'm almost guaranteed to be asked for the recipe! We're having a particularly cold snap today and it's been freezing cold, raining & windy all day. So, to warm the cockles of my husbands heart, I'm cooking my (sorry, your) Fantastic Fish Pie and sharing the recipe with a friend (who reminded me to send it to her).

Thanks Jamie, keep doing what you're doing, its terrific! Hope to see you soon in Melbourne!

Cheers,
Nina.

27. matthew Sun 06 Jul 2008 @ 22:21 I was fishing my local brakewater and caught a ling and i don't know how to cook it could you give me any advice??

Cheers matthew

28. specks13 Sun 06 Jul 2008 @ 14:11 hi i bought arctic char but not sure how to cook it and what goes with it?

29. Allan Hamilton Sun 06 Jul 2008 @ 01:26 Dear Jamie

I live in Australia and think you are great and would like to fine out about good chill mud crab recipes
and would like to know if your coming to australia so i can see you in person and have a bloody good cold beer with you.

Signed : Allan

30. dukegus Sat 05 Jul 2008 @ 09:19 I'm baking it right now...it's the first time I'm making myself a trout.

Have tried it grilled with salt, pepper, oregano and it was great but never bought one to cook...