Table of contents for Thanksgiving Traditions
- Thanksgiving Dinner Ideas from the Past
- Mrs. Holland's Thanksgiving Holiday Tukare Meat Pie Recipe
- Spinach Casserole for your Holiday Meal
- Kathy Boyd's Eggplant and Shrimp Casserole
This is the last recipe in the series on recreating traditional recipes. Be sure to check out the other recipes in the series and the original article.
1/4 cup olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, seeded and chopped
4 to 6 cups of cooked and drained eggplant
cubes (boiled in salted water)
1 can diced tomatoes, drained
1 can Ro-Tel tomatoes, drained
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 teaspoons sugar or 1 teaspoon Sweet 'n' Low
1/4 pound ground Italian sausage, cooked and drained
2 pounds head-on shrimp, peeled and deveined
(or 1 pound cooked crawfish tails)
1/2 cup grated Pecorino Romano cheese
Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning
1 cup grated pepper jack cheese
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Table of contents for Thanksgiving Traditions
- Thanksgiving Dinner Ideas from the Past
- Mrs. Holland's Thanksgiving Holiday Tukare Meat Pie Recipe
- Spinach Casserole for your Holiday Meal
- Kathy Boyd's Eggplant and Shrimp Casserole
"This recipe won first place in a pot luck competition for Dale Curry at the New Orleans Press Club more than 30 years ago. Curry, her mother and daughter have been making it ever since."
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Table of contents for Thanksgiving Traditions
- Thanksgiving Dinner Ideas from the Past
- Mrs. Holland's Thanksgiving Holiday Tukare Meat Pie Recipe
- Spinach Casserole for your Holiday Meal
- Kathy Boyd's Eggplant and Shrimp Casserole
"Tukare is a name taken from tourtière, a meat pie traditionally served on Christmas Eve in French Canada."
1 pound white russet potatoes (2 to 3 medium), peeled and quartered
1 pound ground sausage meat, or link sausage removed from the casing
(see note)
1 large onion, diced
8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, grated
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