 This late summer heat wave we're having in Georgia has me thinking about our trip to Mexico last winter. 😎🇲🇽 There were so many great things about that trip but one of the highlights of the week was the outdoor cooking class that we took as a family. The chef from Faith Hualtulco patiently taught our motley crew how to make the most delicious Mexican dish: Pina Rellena.
 After months of searching farmers markets and grocery stores, I've finally resigned myself to the fact that I'm never going to find pineapples that can compare to the ones that we had in Mexico.🍍 (They were even sweeter and juicier than the fresh pineapple that we had when we were in Hawaii.) I decided that in order to recreate this dish in my own kitchen, it was going to be necessary to swap out some of the ingredients that we used to create our Pina Rellena on that open air rooftop kitchen overlooking the Gulf of Mexico with foods that are availble to me in the middle of Georgia. I don't see a lot of fresh octopus in my little landlocked town so that was out. 🐙😅 But with a few "Southern swaps" - I think that I managed to create a very tasty version of the delicious meal that we made in Mexico.😅 😋  Pina Rellena 1 pound frozen seafood mix, defrosted (Mine had scallops, mussels, shrimp and calamari.) 2 pineapples 1 bell pepper, diced 1 cup onion, diced 1 jalapeno, seeded and diced 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved 2 Tablespoons cilantro 2 tablespoons olive oil sea salt and black pepper 1 cup Mexican cheese  Slice pineapples horizontally and hollow out, saving the inside.  Saute onions, bell pepper, garlic and jalapeno in 2 T. olive oil until softened.  Add mushrooms, tomatoes and cilantro. Transfer mixture to a bowl.  Pat seafood dry. Saute in 2 T. olive oil until cooked through.  Add vegetables back to skillet as well as 1 cup diced pineapple. Season with salt and pepper.  Spoon mixture into hollowed out pineapple halves.  Top with cheese and place under broiler to melt.  Everyone agreed that pineapple, seafood and cheese sounds like an add combination --- until you try it. It's quite scrumptious really. My point is - Don't knock it til' you try it.🤣
Ciao!
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