Monday's diet: grilled fish

Last night we cooked this little grilled fishes for a romantic dinner in the garden. If you do not want to fire up the BBQ you can cook the fish on a plate or in a pan large enough.

Ingredients for 2 people:

• 1 or 2 fresh trout (depending on the size)
• 4 fillets of fresh mackerel
• 6 prawns
• 4 sage leaves
• 1 sprig of mint
• 1 lemon
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 red onion
• ½ cup of extra virgin olive oil
• ½ glass of white wine
• pepper
• salt

Time: 1 hour marinating and cooking in 15-20 minutes
Difficulty: easy
Calories per serving: about 315 (a small trout, prawns 3, 2 rolls of mackerel)

Clean the trout and rinse all the fish. Cut the lemon and onion into slices not too thin. Wash the mint and sage, crush the garlic cloves stripped. Stuff the trout with lemon slices (3 or 4), mint, garlic, a few grains of black pepper and salt to taste, tie the fish with a kitchen string and place in a large dish.

Spread the mackerel fillets, place a sage leaf on each and ½ lemon slice, roll up and secure with a toothpick. Arrange with the trout, basting with the wine, a little oil, (taking care to leave aside a little for brushing during cooking), the onion and the chopped herbs and advanced. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest in refrigerator for an hour or more.

Meanwhile, clean the prawns, remove the black wire, if present and let drain in a colander with a bit 'of salt.

Turn on the barbecure, when it will be ready the coals heat the grill and cook well before the shrimp and mackerel rolls (about 5 minutes) and then the trout for 5-8 minutes per side depending on the size. Take care to always brush the fish with oil. Serve with lemon slices and grilled vegetables. 

See the recipe in printable PDF