Name: Baked Guavas Stuffed with Mushrooms and Olives
Ingredients: 6 Guavas; 1 tb Oil; 1 c Mushrooms; chopped; 1 tb Onion; chopped; 1/2 c Green olives; chopped; 2 tb Parsley; chopped; 4 ts Chopped fresh dill weed or; 1 ts Dried dill; 1/2 ts Each salt and pepper; 1 tb Sesame seeds

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Vegetables, Grains	Yemeni	Fruits, Harned 1994, Sephardic, Vegetables, Yemenite	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6		Guavas
1	tb	Oil
1	c	Mushrooms; chopped
1	tb	Onion; chopped
1/2	c	Green olives; chopped
2	tb	Parsley; chopped
4	ts	Chopped fresh dill weed or
1	ts	Dried dill
1/2	ts	Each salt and pepper
1	tb	Sesame seeds

INSTRUCTIONS

To prepare the guavas for stuffing, cut a thin slice from the top of the
guava.  With a melon ball scoop or small spoon, remove the seeds and set
the guavas aside.
Heat the oil in a skillet.  Add mushrooms, onion, green olives, herbs, salt
and pepper; saute until vegetables are soft. Remove the mixture from the
flame; cool.  Stuff the guavas, filling them to the top.
Place stuffed guavas in a baking dish just large enough to hold them and
sprinkle sesame seeds over the guava tops. Bake at 325 F. for 1 hour, or
until the fruit is tender. Serve hot.
From _The Yemenite Cookbook_ by Zion Levi and Hani Agabria. New York:
Seaver Books, 1988.  Pg. 67.  ISBN 0-8050-0394-0. Electronic format by
Cathy Harned. Submitted By LARRY HARRISON <76303.1253@COMPUSERVE.COM> On 09
JAN 96 080312 EST
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