When Rick Podowski was in Barra de Navidad, Mexico he had been served a delightful dish consisting of half a pineapple stuffed with seafood, covered with cheese and then baked. The pineapple is delicious paired with Mums Pinot Noir Rose. This recipe is from Death of A Foster Child.
Mexican Pineapple Stuffed with Seafood with Muns Rose Of Pinot Noir
1 large ripe pineapple
1 cup onions,
2 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon sugar,
1 cup chopped fresh cilantro (dried cilantro works, too)
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 pound shrimp (Imitation crab, lobster, shrimp, scallops or Trader Joe's Seafood Blend also work)
1 pound scallops
1 1/2 cups coarsely shredded Jack cheese or a Mexican cheese blend (about 3 ounces)
Cut pineapple in half lengthwise. Using a small paring knife, remove core and discard. Using a large spoon, remove the pineapple flesh from its skin, making sure to leave about 1/2-inch of flesh all around each pineapple half. Set pineapple shells aside and coarsely chop pineapple flesh.
Sauté the pineapple flesh, onions, garlic, sugar, cilantro and chili powder until soft. Add the shrimp and the scallops. If you have extra, bake it in the oven along with the pineapples.
Position rack in center of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees.
Divide seafood mixture evenly between each pineapple shell; sprinkle with cilantro. Bake for 20 minutes. Cover with cheese and bake for twenty minutes more. Let stand several minutes before serving. Black beans, rice and salad round out the meal.
Serves 4
Muns Vineyard
Ed Muns and Mary Lindsay are the team behind Muns Vineyard wines. Ed, a former technology manager at Hewlett-Packard, and Mary a public relations consultant for technology startups found an abandoned vineyard on the Loma Prieta Ridge above Monterey Bay at 2,600 feet while looking for a high elevation home for Ed's ham radio antennas. They cleared the land and replanted the 12-acre vineyard to Pinot Noir making it the highest Pinot Noir vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains. They produce a total of 248 cases consisting of Pinot Noir, and Syrah.