Whole Trouts or Pike Bundles
From: Cleo, Valcartier Village, Quebec, Canada
Comments: Use any leftover vegetables; no waste and no casserole to scrub when using al foil 'casserole[s]'.
Servings: 2
  • Minced onion or green onions, to taste
  • 1/2 sweet green pepper, membranes removed and seeded, minced
  • 1/2 tomato or to taste, minced
  • Grossly chopped celery, to taste
  • Grossly chopped broccoli, to taste
  • Grossly chopped carrot, to taste
  • Grossly chopped mushrooms, to taste
  • 2 [3/4 to 1-pound / 340 to 454-g each] trouts, or 1 small pike
  • Freshly minced fine herbs such as savory, parsley, thyme, oregano and/or basil
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • Tiny butter pieces
  • Tiny bacon pieces [optional]
  • 1 cup [250 mL] white wine
  • Thick al foil
  • Preheat barbecue until hot.
  • Into a bowl, mix together minced onion or green onions, sweet green pepper and tomato, and grossly chopped celery, broccoli, carrot and mushrooms.
  • Clean fish[es]; cut off head[s].
  • Cut a piece thick al foil approximately 4 inches [10 cm] longer than fish[es].
  • Arrange fish[es] onto al foil.
  • Stuff and arrange remaining mixed cut vegetables all around fish[es].
  • Evenly sprinkle all over with savory, parsley, thyme, oregano and/or basil; salt and pepper.
  • Dot with butter and, if desired, sprinkle all over with tiny bacon pieces.
  • Fold al foil over fish[es], except into the centre for 1-inch [2.5-cm] long, to let steam escape.
  • Lay a sheet of al foil onto barbecue rack; arrange bundle[s] over al foil.
  • Evenly pour white wine through the hole[s].
  • Barbecue for approximately 35 minutes, according to the size of the fish[es].