Trout Almondine - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
1/2 cup blanched slivered almond
4 (8 ounce) trout
4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons margarine
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
salt
pepper

Preparation

In a small bowl, melt the 1/3 cup butter or margarine in a microwave for approximately 30 seconds.
Add almonds and heat, uncovered, in the microwave for 3 minutes or until lightly browned; stir occasionally.
Set almonds aside.
Arrange fish in a shallow, 10-inch, heat resistant, baking dish.
Place 1 tablespoon of butter on each fish and sprinkle with lemon juice, salt, and pepper, to taste.
Cover with wax paper and heat for 7 minutes or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.
Spoon browned almonds over fish and heat, uncovered, in the microwave for 2 minutes or until heated throughly.