Baked Stuffed Papaya

Name: Baked Stuffed Papaya
Ingredients: 1 large (Maradol) papaya (or 5-6 small, common papayas); 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 pound ground beef; 1 small onion; 2 cloves garlic; 1/2 teaspoon Saigon cassia cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon tomato powder; 1/2 teaspoon dried minced orange peel; 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice; 1/4 teaspoon amchoor; 1/4 teaspoon ground ancho chile powder

Usually I eat papaya plain, but the one I brought home the other day was so firm and big that it was just too perfect for stuffing.

I had seen a recipe for baked stuffed papaya, but the filling was barely more than plain ground beef, and with The Spice House to help, I knew it could be so much more interesting!

Submitted by: Joanna from Nashua, NH
Yield: 6

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Ingredients

1 large (Maradol) papaya (or 5-6 small, common papayas)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 pound ground beef
1 small onion
2 cloves garlic
1/2 teaspoon Saigon cassia cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon tomato powder
1/2 teaspoon dried minced orange peel
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon amchoor
1/4 teaspoon ground ancho chile powder

Preparation Instructions:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Peel the papaya, cut it in half lengthwise, and scoop out the seeds. Place in a 9 x 11 baking dish and coat with oil. Dice the onion and mince the garlic or put it through a press. Combine onion, garlic, ground beef, and spices and mix thoroughly. Brown the beef well in a 10" skillet over medium heat, then drain any fat. Spoon the meat mixture into the hollows of the papaya, then bake for 20 minutes.

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I haven't had a chance to try this out yet, but I'm willing to bet this Caribbean spice mixture would make for one mean hamburger on the grill.

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