Victoria House Bakery

2-in-1 Kinetic Color Cast Enameled Cast Iron Saucepan with Fry Pan Lid (This one set does for both boiling the papaya and sautéing everything else)

We tend to get an overabundance of papaya at our house and found that we like it much better as a vegetable than as a fruit.

Here’s how we like to prepare it.

1. Peel, seed and dice papaya.
2. Boil diced papaya in salted water for about 20 minutes, drain.
3. While papaya is boiling, place about 2 Tablespoons of oil in large frying pan. Heat over medium-high heat. Add chopped onion and garlic and brown slightly.
4. Add drained papaya, red and green pepper and sauté for about five minutes.
5. Add sliced mushrooms and sauté a couple of minutes longer.
6. Add diced tomatoes complete with juice from the can.
7. Cook over medium heat for about five minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.
8. Sprinkle Romano cheese over the top and allow cheese to melt slightly.
9. Serve immediately.

This recipe first debuted (along with a few others) in our book "The Elusive Beaches of Eleuthera", a guide to the many beautiful, but hard to find, beaches on the island of Eleuthera in The Bahamas. The book is available from our web site - http://www.elusivebeaches.com or from Amazon.com