Ingredients

  • 1 loaf bread, italian
  • 2 tablespoons parsley leaves chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 18 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2 cup scallions, spring or green onions sliced
  • 1 medium green bell peppers
  • 3 tablespoons white wine dry
  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine

Method

  • Preheat oven to 400F (200C).
  • Cut enough bread into 1/2 inch cubes to make 2 cups (reserve remainder for other uses).
  • Spread bread cubes in single layer on baking sheet and bake, stirring occasionally, until cubes are dry and crisp (about 10 minutes).
  • Remove from oven and pour into a bowl; combine with parsley, the 1/2 teaspoon salt, pepper, green onion, and green pepper.
  • Drizzle wine and 2 TBS.
  • of the butter over bread; mix lightly.
  • Wipe fish with damp cloth, inside cavities and outside.
  • Brush cavities with some of the remaining butter; sprinkly lightly with salt and pepper.
  • Stuff cavities loosely with bread mixture, dividing mixture evenly among fish; skewer edges together or sew with heavy thread.
  • Arrange fish side by side in a greased shallow baking pan (use 2 pans, if necessary, to hold all fish at once).
  • Drizzle any remaining butter evenly over tops of fish.
  • Bake fish, uncovered, until it flakes readily when prodded in thickest portion with a fork.
  • For a 1 inch thick fish allow 10 minutes - 5 minutes on a side.