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- From: anita@utastro.uucp (Anita Cochran)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Seafood Pita
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- Date: 22 Aug 86 08:28:42 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE PITA-SEAFOOD M "28 Mar 86" 1986
- .RZ "SEAFOOD PITA" "Pita\-Seafood Salad Sandwiches"
- This recipe is more of a formula than a recipe. It is excellent
- for a cool dinner in the summer (any time after February in Texas!)
- .IH "Serves 2\-4"
- .IG "\(12 lb" "scallops or shrimp" "200 g"
- .IG "\(14 cup" "olive oil" "60 ml"
- .IG "1" "medium onion"
- .IG "1" "garlic cloves"
- (or more or less to taste)
- .IG "1\(12 cups" "vegetable" "500 g"
- (such as eggplant or zucchini)
- .IG "\(34 cup" "mushrooms" "50 g"
- .IG "to taste" "salt, pepper and spices"
- .IG "1\(12 cups" "cooked couscous" "350 ml"
- .IG "" "pita bread"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Cut up the vegetables into small
- .AB "(\(12 inch)" "(1-cm)"
- cubes. Slice the mushrooms.
- .SK 2
- If using shrimp, peel and devein the shrimp and cut into small cubes.
- .SK 3
- In a small amount of olive oil,
- saut\z\(aae the onion and the optional garlic until the onion is
- soft but not quite transparent.
- .SK 4
- Heat the remaining olive oil in a skillet and add the vegetable and mushrooms.
- Saute until the vegetables are almost soft. Taste and add salt, pepper
- and whatever spices strike your fancy (oregano, basil, and red pepper
- are good).
- .SK 5
- Add the scallops or shrimp and cook until just done\(emabout a minute
- or two. Scallops will turn opaque and shrimp will turn pink. Do NOT
- overcook.
- .SK 6
- There should be an excess of oil and fluid. If not, add more oil and briefly
- heat. Transfer the mixture to a bowl. Add the couscous and mix thoroughly.
- .SK 7
- Chill several hours or overnight.
- .SK 8
- Stuff into the pita bread (maybe with some tomato) and serve.
- .NX
- You could substitute almost any vegetable and crab or a firm fish.
- To use this for a picnic, don't stuff the pita bread until you are
- about to serve it. Err on the side of too much oil,
- since the couscous absorbs the oil (and a recent study says that olive
- oil may be good for you).
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy to moderate.
- .I Time:
- 30 minutes preparation, overnight chilling.
- .I Precision:
- no need to measure.
- .WR
- Anita Cochran
- Astronomy Dept., The Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX
- {noao, ut-sally, ut-ngp}!utastro!anita
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