Stuffed Papaya?

Tanya

Rhum or Jerk or Anyone who has it, I'd love to see the recipe for Stuffed Papaya. Thanks!

Wise One

Tanya, here you are:
Stuffed Green Pawpaw

A lot of unripe fruits are treated as vegetables in Jamaican cooking.Green bananas, mangos, and pawpaws (papayas) are popular examples.This is one method of preparing a green papaya
[p]Ingredients
1 unripe (only slightly yellow) pawpaw (papaya), about 2 pounds
.5 cup vegetable oil
2 onions, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 medium tomatoes, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
1-1.25 cup water
2 oz bacon or ham
1 scotch bonnet pepper, seeded and diced
1 Tbs bread crumbs
1 egg
Salt to taste



Procedure
1 Cut off the top end of the pawpaw, and level the bottom end.
2 Scoop out the seeds and discard them.
3 In a frying pan, heat the oil. Briefly sauté the onions, garlic, tomatoes, and bell pepper.
4 Add water until it is about .25-inch deep in the pan (about 1 cup), cover the pan and stew the mixture for 20 minutes.
5 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
6 In a small frying pan, sauté the bacon or ham, and finely dice it.
7 Mix it with the Scotch bonnet pepper, bread crumbs, egg, and salt.
8 Add this mixture to the vegetable stew, then pack the stew into the pawpaw.
9 Wrap the Pawpaw in foil, set it in a small baking pan.
10 Bake the pawpaw for an hour.
11 Unwrap the pawpaw, slice it into rings, and serve.


Servings: 6

Recipe Source
Author: Michael French (RhumAndJerk)[p]Source: From Traveling Jamaica with Knife, Fork & Spoon by Robb Walsh & Jay McCarthy[p]Note: The skin of the pawpaw should not be eaten; it contains an enzyme that can cause an allergic reaction.

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Tanya

Wise One, This sounds really good! I will be trying it! Thanks!