Sauce Bordelaise

Ingredients:

• One tablespoon of finely chopped shallots (small green onions),
• Two tablespoonfuls of bruised cloves,
• Two pieces of garlic, 
• A little butter, 
• Two glasses of claret wine,
• One pint of Spanish sauce,
• A pinch of red pepper,
• Lemon juice,
• Chopped parsley,
• Four ounces of beef marrow cut in rounds

Directions:

1. Put the shallots, cloves, garlic, and a little butter into a pan and fry a little.
2. Add the wine, Spanish sauce, and red pepper.
3. Reduce to the consistency of a sauce.
4. Finish off with lemon juice, parsley, and beef marrow, and hardly heat the mixture in salted boiling water.
5. Use immediately.

— Delmonico

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days

Published by Marlie Giardina

Louisiana Anthology

June 1, 2018

Sauce Bordelaise

Ingredients:

• One tablespoon of finely chopped shallots (small green onions),
• Two tablespoonfuls of bruised cloves,
• Two pieces of garlic, 
• A little butter, 
• Two glasses of claret wine,
• One pint of Spanish sauce,
• A pinch of red pepper,
• Lemon juice,
• Chopped parsley,
• Four ounces of beef marrow cut in rounds

Directions:

1. Put the shallots, cloves, garlic, and a little butter into a pan and fry a little.
2. Add the wine, Spanish sauce, and red pepper.
3. Reduce to the consistency of a sauce.
4. Finish off with lemon juice, parsley, and beef marrow, and hardly heat the mixture in salted boiling water.
5. Use immediately.

— Delmonico

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days

Published by Marlie Giardina

Louisiana Anthology

June 1, 2018

Sally Lunn

Ingredients:           

• One quart of flour, 
• One teaspoonful of salt,
• One tablespoonful of sugar, 
• One heaping tablespoon of lard and butter mixed with one-third of a cake yeast (fresh yeast),
• Three eggs, well beaten

Directions:

1. Make the dough with warm water in winter and cold water in summer. It should be the consistency of light bread dough, or rather, softer.
2. Let it rise for four to five hours.
3. Touch lightly, and turn into a buttered cake mold.
4. Bake without a second kneading for forty minutes, and should then soak well. 

— Lauderdale, Virginia

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days

Published by Marlie Giardina

Louisiana Anthology

June 1, 2018

Sally Lunn

Ingredients:           

• One quart of flour, 
• One teaspoonful of salt,
• One tablespoonful of sugar, 
• One heaping tablespoon of lard and butter mixed with one-third of a cake yeast (fresh yeast),
• Three eggs, well beaten

Directions:

1. Make the dough with warm water in winter and cold water in summer. It should be the consistency of light bread dough, or rather, softer.
2. Let it rise for four to five hours.
3. Touch lightly, and turn into a buttered cake mold.
4. Bake without a second kneading for forty minutes, and should then soak well. 

— Lauderdale, Virginia

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days

Published by Marlie Giardina

Louisiana Anthology

June 1, 2018

Jumballaya, A Spanish Creole Dish

Ingredients:

• One pound of rice,
• One cold roast chicken or the remnants of a turkey,
• One slice of ham,
• One tablespoon of lard,
• One pint of hot water,
• One or two spoonfuls of cooked tomatoes,

Directions:

1. Wash the rice and soak it for an hour.
2. Cut up the chicken or turkey and ham.
3. Fry the meat in the lard.
4. Stir in the rice.
5. Add a pint of hot water while stirring.
6. Cover the pot and set it where it can cook slowly, until the rice is nearly dry.
7. Add one or two spoonfuls of cooked tomatoes.
8. Add oysters, shrimp, or sausage for variety.

— Mrs. Eustis, Mere

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days

Prepared by Marlie Giardina

Louisiana Anthology 

June 1, 2018

Jumballaya, A Spanish Creole Dish

Ingredients:

• One pound of rice,
• One cold roast chicken or the remnants of a turkey,
• One slice of ham,
• One tablespoon of lard,
• One pint of hot water,
• One or two spoonfuls of cooked tomatoes,

Directions:

1. Wash the rice and soak it for an hour.
2. Cut up the chicken or turkey and ham.
3. Fry the meat in the lard.
4. Stir in the rice.
5. Add a pint of hot water while stirring.
6. Cover the pot and set it where it can cook slowly, until the rice is nearly dry.
7. Add one or two spoonfuls of cooked tomatoes.
8. Add oysters, shrimp, or sausage for variety.

— Mrs. Eustis, Mere

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days

Prepared by Marlie Giardina

Louisiana Anthology 

June 1, 2018

Cream a La Celestine

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 1 pound of Menier Chocolate 
• 2 cups of sugar
• 1 quart of cream
• Vanilla extract
• 1 pint of milk

Directions

1. Separate egg whites from yolks for all 6 eggs
2. Beat the 6 yolks
3. Add one white to the mix
4. Add two cups of sugar to the mix; flavor with vanilla extract
5. Beat the mix until firm
6. Add cream and stir slowly until mixed thoroughly 
7. Boil milk and add chocolate 
8. Stir until mixed
9. Add chocolate mix to the egg mix and stir slowly
10. Strain the mix
11. Let mix cool and then freeze it

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days.

Prepared by Brooke Warren

Louisiana Anthology

June 4, 2018