Shrimp stuffed merliton

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

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Difficulty:

Easy

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

4 ea merlitons
1/4 c butter
1 ea onion, minced
2 ea garlic clove, minced
1/2 c celery, finely chopped
1 lb shrimp, peeled
1 c bread, wet and squeezed
1 salt pepper to taste
1 parsley, minced
1 shallots, minced
1 bread crumbs, progresso

Cut merlitons in half, remove seeds. Parboil until ALMOST tender. Scoop out
meat and set aside. Melt butter and saute onions, garlic, celery until
clear. Add raw shrimp, cut in small pieces, and cook until pink. Mash meat
of merliton and add to shrimp mixture. Cook this for 5 minutes then add
bread, seasonings, parsley and shallots. Mix well. Put back into merliton
shells, top with bread crumbs and bake until brown at 350 degrees about
20-30 minutes. These freeze well. A Merliton is a vegetable, cross between
eggplant avocado. Grows in Southern Louisiana on climbing vines. Subst
Eggplant. Recipe date: 12/10/87

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