Recipe of Homemade Mirliton and Shrimp dressing

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It's Mirliton and Shrimp Dressing-so the star of the show will be mirlitons (or Chayote) and shrimp. This dish is popular in Louisiana because of the abundance of fresh Gulf shrimp, but you'll find frozen shrimp available in grocery stores and seafood markets just about anywhere these days. Mirlitons, our local squash, are also know as chayote. Any variety of fall squash may be substituted.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mirliton and shrimp dressing using 18 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Mirliton and Shrimp dressing:

1. Get mirlitons (chayote), halved & seeded
2. Prepare olive oil
3. Make ready butter
4. Get medium onion, diced
5. Make ready celery, diced
6. Make ready green bell pepper, seeded & diced
7. Get garlic, minced
8. Make ready fresh thyme leaves
9. Make ready fresh rosemary leaves, chopped
10. Get fresh sage, chopped
11. Get medium Louisiana or wild American shrimp, peeled, deveined & finely chopped
12. Take crabmeat, picked over
13. Take diced day-old French bread
14. Get chicken stock
15. Prepare Creole Spice
16. Get Tabasco
17. Make ready Salt
18. Take Freshly ground black pepper

Down in New Orleans, we pronounce this awkward gourd "MEL-uh-tawn,R… How to make Shrimp & Mirliton Dressing - complete recipe, ingredients, cook time and serving size. Rate this recipe Print this recipe. When tender, remove to a bowl of ice water. Once cooled, peel, then cut each in half and remove seed.

Instructions to make Mirliton and Shrimp dressing:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Rub the mirlitons with oil & place on baking sheet cut side down. Bake until they are fork tender and easily peeled - about 45 minutes.
3. Set aside to cool. Then peel & cut into 1-in. pieces.
4. Melt the butter in a large skillet over moderate heat.
5. Add trinity (onions, celery & bell pepper) and cook until the onions are translucent - about 5 minutes.
6. Add the garlic and cook another minute.
7. Increase heat to medium-high, add the fresh herbs and shrimp. Stir frequently until shrimp are just cooked - 3-5 minutes.
8. Stir in the crabmeat.
9. Transfer to a large mixing bowl.
10. Add diced mirlitons and remaining ingredients. Stir until well combined.
11. Spoon the dressing into a large buttered baking dish and bake until golden brown - 20-30 minutes.

When tender, remove to a bowl of ice water. Once cooled, peel, then cut each in half and remove seed. When shrimp begin to take on color, add ground bread. Mirliton, shrimp and corn bread dressing. There are as many unique styles of stuffing and dressing as there are cooks.

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