Crawfish Stuffed Mirliton
Date Added: Oct 22, 2010 Cajun & Creole Appetizers

Description
Mirlitone is a fruit from South America best known as Chayote. Mirlitone has to be poached to eat because it's so hard. This is a traditional Creole appetizer. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 2 Each Poached Mirliton
- 1/2 Cup(s) Crawfish Tails, cleaned
- 1/2 Cup(s) Spicy Andouille Sausage, diced
- 1 Fluid ounce(s) Scallions, chopped
- 1 Tea Spoon(s) Creole Spice Mix
- 1 Tea Spoon(s) Garlic, minced
- 1 Table Spoon(s) Oil
Directions
- Add oil to a hot pan on medium heat
- Add sausage and let render out a bit until lightly browned
- Add crawfish tails, creole spice, scallions and garlic and saute
- Slice poached mirlitons in half lengthwise and remove core
- Place mirlitons skin side down on a plate
- Stuff sausage crawfish mixture where core was in the mirliton
- Serve and enjoy!
- 1 Each Lemon, halved
- 1 Each Onion, peeled and halved
- 1 Each Bay Leaf
- 1 Tea Spoon(s) Cayenne Pepper
- 1 Tea Spoon(s) Kosher Salt
- 3 Cup(s) Water
- 2 Each Mirlitons
- In a pot, boil water
- Add lemon, onion, bay leaf, cayenne pepper and salt to water
- Add mirlitons and place a plate over mirlitons to weigh down
- Let simmer for 45 minutes
- Mirlitons should be soft enough to run a knife through
Poached Mirliton
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