Beef Baked in a Barrel

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Title: Beef Baked in a Barrel
Categories: Fruits, Ground beef, Beef
Yield: 6 servings

2 lb Ground Beef Chuck 1/2 c Coffee Brandy
2 ea Large Pineapples 1 c Diced Fresh Pineapple
2 ea Med Onions, Chopped 1 c Canned Mandarine
Orange Segs
3 ea Cloves Garlic, Minced 1/4 c Madarine Liqueur
2 tb Cooking Fat or Oil 18 ea Fresh Mushrooms
1 ts Salt 3 tb Butter
1 ts Ground Ginger 18 ea Strips Of Pimiento
1/2 ts Seasoned Salt 3 c Cooked Rice
1/4 ts Freshly Ground Pepper

Cut tops from pineapples. With a sharp knife, hollow out fruit, leaving
about 3/4 inch pineapple on sides and bottom. (Be careful not to cut
through outside shells.) Dice 1 cup pineapple. (Use remainder for salad
or dessert) Cook onions and garlic in cooking fat in large frying-pan 5
minutes, stirring occasionally. Add ground beef, salt, ginger, seasoned
salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until
ground beef begins to brown. Warm brandy in small pan over low heat,
ignite and pour over beef mixture, lifting pan from heat and shaking until
flame dies. Continue cooking for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat; add
1 cup diced pineapple, orange segments and mandarine liquer, stirring
carefully to mix. Fill pineapple shells (barrels) with beef and fruit
mixture. Place filled fruit upright in foil lined pan. Bake in a
moderate oven (350 degrees F.) for 35 minutes. Meanwhile remove stemms
from mushrooms, slightly hollowing out caps. Cook caps in butter in small
frying-pan about 3 minutes. Curl up each pimiento strip and place in
mushroom cap. To serve, set both "Barrels" on warm plater, spoon beef
mixture over rice on individual dinner plates and garnish each serving
with 3 stuffed mushroom caps.

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