
Cooking time:
- 15 minutes for preparing ingredients
- 2 hours for marinade
- 40 minutes total cooking time
MARINADE INGREDIENTS
- 2 rainbow trout
- 2 onions, diced
- Juice and skins of three lemons
- Pinch of saffron, preferably ground
- ¼ cup boiling water
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
STUFFING INGREDIENTS
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, grated
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
- ½ teaspoon ground coriander
- ½ cup fresh coriander, chopped
- ½ cup fresh parsley, chopped
- ½ cup, 60 grams walnuts, chopped
- ¼ cup pomegranate paste
- 75 grams pomegranate arils
- Salt and pepper to taste
METHOD
For Marinade
- Wash the inside and outside of the trout to remove any remaining unwanted particles. Dry the trout with kitchen towel and put aside.
- Pour boiling water into a small cup and add the saffron, put aside for 5 minutes.
- In a large shallow dish place both trout and rub with salt and pepper.
- Add diced onions around and inside the fish.
- Drizzle lemon juice all over the fish and place few lemons (those already squeezed) inside the fish.
- Pour the saffron over each trout.
- Cover the dish with plastic or cling wrap and keep it in the fridge for at least for 2 hours.
To prepare the stuffing
- Heat the Cuisinart Griddler deep pan on 160°C, add olive oil and sauté onion until softened for few minutes.
- Add grated garlic and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add walnuts and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add parsley and coriander and cook for few minutes.
- Add spices (turmeric, coriander, black pepper), salt and pomegranate paste, stir well.
- Add the pomegranate arils and mix well.
- Put aside to cool down.
How to stuff the Rainbow Trout
- Spoon stuffing mixture into each trout.
- Sew the fish body using a cooking string and a needle. You may use toothpicks to close the fish body. But make sure that stuffing won’t be discarded out.
How to grill the whole trout
- Remove each trout from the dish and brush them with olive oil.
- Heat the Cuisinart Griddler on 180°C and cook for 15 minutes. Reduce the heat to 160°C and cook the fish until golden. TIP: No need to turn the fish as two trouts were perfectly fit in one grill pan and the top grill was also turned on and I placed the top grill on the fish while grilling
- While grilling keep brushing the trout with the liquid left form the marinade and olive oil.
- Serve the grilled trout with cooked rice or vegetables. Enjoy!
Note: Saffron is best to be ground before using. You can grind saffron strands using a pestle and mortar or an electric grinder.