Saturday, December 14, 2019

Sauce Bordelaise

Ingredients

  • Two bottles of Bordeaux
  • Salt
  • Chilli
  • Parsley
  • Shallot
  • Brown Sauce
  • Tomato Sauce
  • 1-4 pounds of Beef Marrow

Directions

  1. Pour 1-2 bottles of Bordeaux Wine into a saucepan.
  2. Add salt, chilli, parsely, and a chopped shallot.
  3. Reduce the liquid to half.
  4. Add a little brown sauce and tomato sauce.
  5. Pass everything through a cheesecloth or colander.
  6. Dice 1-4 pound of beef marrow and serve hot.

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Leland Smith
Louisiana Anthology
December 14, 2019

Sauce Bordelaise

Ingredients

  • Two bottles of Bordeaux
  • Salt
  • Chilli
  • Parsley
  • Shallot
  • Brown Sauce
  • Tomato Sauce
  • 1-4 pounds of Beef Marrow

Directions

  1. Pour 1-2 bottles of Bordeaux Wine into a saucepan.
  2. Add salt, chilli, parsely, and a chopped shallot.
  3. Reduce the liquid to half.
  4. Add a little brown sauce and tomato sauce.
  5. Pass everything through a cheesecloth or colander.
  6. Dice 1-4 pound of beef marrow and serve hot.

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Leland Smith
Louisiana Anthology
December 14, 2019

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Cocoanut Meringue

Ingredients

  • One pound of powdered sugar
  • Nine egg whites
  • One grated cocoanut
  • Well greased and floured pan

Directions

  1. Slowly add sugar to egg whites with wooden spoon
  2. Beat mixture to a froth.
  3. Drop a tablespoon of mixture onto pan.
  4. Generously sprinkle with grated cocoanut.
  5. Bake in oven at 300 degrees until light brown.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Dylan Clark
Louisiana Anthology
December 12, 2019

Cocoanut Meringue

Ingredients

  • One pound of powdered sugar
  • Nine egg whites
  • One grated cocoanut
  • Well greased and floured pan

Directions

  1. Slowly add sugar to egg whites with wooden spoon
  2. Beat mixture to a froth.
  3. Drop a tablespoon of mixture onto pan.
  4. Generously sprinkle with grated cocoanut.
  5. Bake in oven at 300 degrees until light brown.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Dylan Clark
Louisiana Anthology
December 12, 2019

Cocoanut Drops

Ingredients

  • Twelve egg whites
  • Five cocoanuts
  • Two and a half cups of sugar

Directions

  1. Grate cocoanuts finely and dry in oven at 350 degrees.
  2. Beat egg whites.
  3. Add sugar to egg whites and beat to a paste.
  4. Stir in dried cocoanuts.
  5. Drop mixture in pan and bake for ten minutes at 350 degrees.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Dylan Clark
Louisiana Anthology
December 12, 2019

Cocoanut Drops

Ingredients

  • Twelve egg whites
  • Five cocoanuts
  • Two and a half cups of sugar

Directions

  1. Grate cocoanuts finely and dry in oven at 350 degrees.
  2. Beat egg whites.
  3. Add sugar to egg whites and beat to a paste.
  4. Stir in dried cocoanuts.
  5. Drop mixture in pan and bake for ten minutes at 350 degrees.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Dylan Clark
Louisiana Anthology
December 12, 2019

Terrapin or Gopher Soup

Ingredients

  • One fresh water terrapin
  • Two quarts of water
  • One slice of bacon
  • Two Dozen Cloves
  • Three Dozen Allspice
  • Salt
  • Black and Red Pepper
  • Half a Nutmeg
  • One glass of wine

Directions

  1. Clean terrapin.
  2. Place terrapin, bacon, cloves, allspice, salt, black pepper, and red pepper in digester with water.
  3. Boil mixture for three-four hours.
  4. Thicken and brown.
  5. Grate half a nutmeg and add to one glass of wine.
  6. Before serving, add glass of wine to terrapin mixture.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Dylan Clark
Louisiana Anthology
December 12, 2019