Herb Stuffed Trout With Orange And Onion - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 trout, cleaned
salt and pepper
2 teaspoons minced fresh parsley
2 teaspoons fresh tarragon
2 teaspoons fresh chives
2 teaspoons fresh thyme
4 slices onions, cut in half (thin)
4 thin orange slices, cut in half
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 teaspoon paprika
2 tablespoons cognac
1 orange, juice of
fresh herb (to garnish)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Score each trout (slash diagonally) 3 times.
Sprinkle trout lightly with salt and pepper.
In a small bowl, combine herbs and use the mixture to stuff the slashes in the trout.
Place the trout side by side in a buttered shallow baking pan.
Top each fish with 4 alternating half slices of onion and orange.
Mix butter, paprika, cognac and orange juice.
Spoon over trout.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until trout are lightly browned.
Garnish with sprigs of the same herbs used to stuff trout.