Shrimps Baked in Bell Peppers

Ingredients

• one dozen green bell peppers
• one quart of picked shrimps
• one teacupful of grated bread crumbs
• two table-spoonfuls of butter
• one teaspoonful of mixed mustard
• one-fourth of a teaspoonful of pepper
• one-eighth of a teaspoonful of celery seed
• a slight grating of nutmeg
• one egg
• some salt

Method

1. 1

   Cut the stem ends from the peppers, remove seeds and veins, and soak in cold water for half an hour.

2. 2

   Beat the butter to a cream, mix in seasonings and egg, then add crumbs and shrimp.

3. 3

   Drain peppers, stuff with shrimp mixture, and arrange in a pan with the open side up.

4. 4

   Bake in a hot oven for twenty minutes.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 117. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Shrimps Baked in Bell Peppers. Use for this dish one dozen green bell peppers, one quart of picked shrimps, one teacupful of grated bread crumbs, two table-spoonfuls of butter, one teaspoonful of mixed mustard, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of pepper, FISH. 227 one-eighth of a teaspoonful of celery seed, a slight grat- ing of nutmeg, one egg, and some salt

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