Recipe

Stuffed Alligator Pears Recipe

	Hot_it_up / All my dishes 3 months, 2 weeks ago This is my spin on one of the great cooks of New Orleans named Poppy Tooker's recipe for stuffed Mirlitons. Prep:25m Cook:30m Servings:8	Hot_it_up
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Ingredients

4 mirlitons

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

1/2 cup Trinity finely chopped (onion, bell pepper, celery)

1/2 pound shrimp, shelled, deveined and chopped

1/2 pound claw crab meat

1 bunch scallions, thinly diced

1/2 cup seasoned dried bread crumbs

4 slices precooked bacon chopped.

Salt and pepper

Cayenne pepper

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Halve mirlitons lengthwise. Cook them until just tender, 15 to 20 minutes, in a large pot of boiling salted water. Remove seed and discard. Carefully scoop out the flesh with a spoon, preserving the shell. Coarsely chop the flesh.

Measure out and melt 2 tablespoons of the butter. Set aside.

In a large skillet, melt remaining butter. Add Trinty and cook until translucent, 8 to 10 minutes. Add mirliton and toss to coat. Stir in shrimp and cook until just pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in crab meat, scallions, 1/4cup of the bread crumbs and the Bacon. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Place the shells on a baking sheet and fill with the stuffing. Sprinkle with the remaining bread crumbs and drizzle with reserved butter and shake a small amount of Cayenne on each for taste and presentation . Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until heated through.

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Comments

mjcmcook 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
~HELLO~
Thank-you so much for this
Fabulous "5"FORK!!!!! recipe~
~Blessings~
~*~mj~*~

valinkenmore 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Great! I love these - people up here don't know what they are missing!
High 5 to you again!
Valerie

victoriaregina 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Exquisite! 5 forks.

mapcenter 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
I didn't have clue what a mirliton was. I thought an alligator pear was an avocado. However, your recipe other than the mirliton sounds great. So I found out that in the north, this is a chayote squash. I can't wait to try your recipe.

petunia97 3 months, 1 week ago said:
Yum!!! I give it a 5!

justjakesmom 3 months, 1 week ago said:
I had no idea what a mirliton was (thanks mapcenter) but this recipe sounded so good - now I know! Thanks hotitup! ;')

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