Grilled Rosemary Trout With Lemon Butter

Total Time: 21 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 teaspoons butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped shallots or 1 tablespoon onion
• 1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
• 2 fresh rainbow trout fillets, deboned
• 1 tablespoon snipped fresh rosemary
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 2 medium tomatoes, halved crosswise

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, stir together the butter, half the shallot, and the shredded lemon peel. sprinkle with salt and coarsely ground pepper. set aside.
• 2 rinse fish; pat dry. spread each fish open, skin side down. rub remaining shallot and rosemary onto fish; sprinkle with additoinal salt and pepper and drizzle with lemon juice and oil.
• 3 in a charcoal grill, arrange hot coals in bottom of an uncovered grill. place a greased 12-inch cast-iron skillet diretctly on coals to preheat. place fish skin side down and grill for 6 to 8 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. meanwhile, place tomatoes, cut side up, in skillet next to fish; dot each with 1/4 t of butter mixture. grill 5 minutes or until tomatoes are heated through.
• 4 remove skillet and cut each fish in half lengthwise. in a small saucepan melt the remaining butter mixture; serve with fish and tomatoes. makes 4 servings.