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High Mountain Trout

Ingredients

  • 8 slices large ripe tomato
  • olive oil
  • salt and pepper
  • 4 1- pound trout cleaned and dressed
  • freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • thinly sliced onion rings
  • thinly sliced jalapeno peppers tossed with sugar as per the note above…or not
  • cooked crumbled bacon
  • 1 large avocado, thinly sliced
  • shaved parmesan cheese

Instructions

  • For each serving, place 2 tomato slices side-by-side on a baking sheet. Sprinkle salt, pepper and a little olive oil over the tomato slices.
  • Season trout with salt, pepper and olive oil. Grill, broil, bake or pan-fry until just done. Remove skeleton and place cooked fillets on tomato. Add a squeeze of lemon juice over trout and re-season with salt and pepper.
  • Top trout with onion, jalapeno, bacon, avocado and cheese. Place under a broiler for 3 - 4 minutes to lightly brown cheese.

Notes

I like to toss my sliced fresh jalapeno peppers with sugar a day in advance. Let them sit at room temperature for a couple of hours and then refrigerate overnight. It adds an obvious sweetness to the spicy peppers.