Shelly's Recipe

SPICY SEAFOOD-STUFFED BELL PEPPER

Category: Fish and Seafood

12 bell peppers, cut in half lengthwise and cleaned
2 ribs celery, chopped
2 onions, chopped
1 bunch green onions, chopped
3 cloves whole garlic
1/4 cup cooking oil
1/4 cup butter or margarine
3 pounds white crab meat
3 pounds peeled shrimp, boiled
1 small bunch parsley, chopped
1 (8-ounce) package Mozzarella cheese
1 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
Salt, pepper and Tabasco sauce to taste
10 slices white bread, soaked in water and squeezed dry
Buttered bread crumbs
Olive oil

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Put bell pepper halves in boiling water and boil for 5 minutes, then rinse in cold water. Saute celery, onions, green onions and garlic in cooking oil until tender. Remove cloves of garlic. Add butter or margarine, crab meat and shrimp.

When heated through, add chopped parsley, then Mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and Tabasco, stirring until cheese is melted. Add bread and mix well. Stuff pepper halves and top with buttered bread crumbs. Place in 2 large oblong casserole dishes. Pour a small amount of water and olive oil around peppers and bake for 1 hour. Serves: 24

To freeze, omit bread crumbs and freeze before baking. Add bread crumbs just before baking.