Skillet-Baked Green Trout

• 2 green trout (each about 3 pounds), gutted with heads and tails intact and gills removed
• Salt and freshly milled pepper

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

Wash and dry the fish with paper towels.

Salt and pepper trout.

In two ovenproof skillets, melt the butter and set one trout in each pan, stomach-side down, curling the fish to fit the pan.

Baste with the butter and