Skillet-Baked Green Trout

Ingredients

• 2 green trout (each about 3 pounds) gutted with heads and tails intact and gills removed
• Salt and freshly milled pepper
• 1/2 pound unsalted butter

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 375.
2. Wash and dry the fish with paper towels.
3. Salt and pepper trout.
4. In two ovenproof skillets, melt the butter and set one trout in each pan, stomach-side down, curling the fish to fit the pan.
5. Baste with butter and cook for 5 minutes over moderate heat.
6. Baste the trout again and place in oven to cook for 15 to 20 minutes, until moist and tender.
7. Place on a heated platter with the pilaf and beans.