Saturday, December 21, 2019

Milk Biscuit or Rolls

Ingredients

  • Pint of milk
  • Half a pound of butter
  • 2 quarts of flour
  • 2 eggs
  • Cup of yeast

Directions

  1. Warm the milk and butter
  2. Pour them into nearly 2 quarts of flour (you must take out a handful for finishing the biscuit)
  3. Add the eggs and yeast
  4. Knead it very well and make into round balls 
  5. Flatten each one on the palm of your hand and prick it with a fork 
  6. Put it in the oven and bake until fluffy and golden
Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Josh Romero
Louisiana Anthology
Dec 8, 2019

Milk Biscuit or Rolls

Ingredients

  • Pint of milk
  • Half a pound of butter
  • 2 quarts of flour
  • 2 eggs
  • Cup of yeast

Directions

  1. Warm the milk and butter
  2. Pour them into nearly 2 quarts of flour (you must take out a handful for finishing the biscuit)
  3. Add the eggs and yeast
  4. Knead it very well and make into round balls 
  5. Flatten each one on the palm of your hand and prick it with a fork 
  6. Put it in the oven and bake until fluffy and golden
Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Josh Romero
Louisiana Anthology
Dec 8, 2019

Chocolate Oreo Balls

Ingredients

  • Pack of Oreos
  • 8oz block of cream cheese
  • Large bag of white chocolate chips
  • Small bag of chocolate chips 

Directions

  1. Grind up all the Oreos and place them in a large ball
  2. Mix the cream cheese until completely mixed throughout
  3. Place mixture into the refrigerator for 30 min 
  4. Roll the mixture into desired size balls
  5. Pour the white chocolate chips into a bowl and place in microwave for 30-second increments, stir until completely melted.
  6. Dip the balls into the chocolate, until completely submerged
  7. Remove from chocolate and place on a flat pan, continue until all balls are finished
  8. Pour the chocolate chips into a bowl and place in microwave for 30-second increments, stir until completely melted.
  9. Drizzle a little the chocolate over the balls in a stripe pattern.


Source — Josh Romero
Prepared by Josh Romero
Louisiana Anthology
Dec 8, 2019

Potato Soup

Ingredients

  • Half a dozen fine potatoes
  • Small onion
  • 3 pints of water
  • Very little salt
  • Very little cayenne pepper
  • A quarter of a pound of fresh butter
  • 2 tablespoonfuls or more of sweet cream

Directions

  1. Pare the potatoes and cut them and the small onion into thin slices.
  2. Boil them in the water till so soft that you can pulp them through a cullender.
  3. When returned to the pot add the salt and cayenne pepper.
  4. Add the fresh butter, divided it into bits, and boil it 10 minutes longer.
  5. When you put it into the tureen, stir in the sweet cream.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Josh Romero
Louisiana Anthology
Dec 8, 2019

Potato Soup

Ingredients

  • Half a dozen fine potatoes
  • Small onion
  • 3 pints of water
  • Very little salt
  • Very little cayenne pepper
  • A quarter of a pound of fresh butter
  • 2 tablespoonfuls or more of sweet cream

Directions

  1. Pare the potatoes and cut them and the small onion into thin slices.
  2. Boil them in the water till so soft that you can pulp them through a cullender.
  3. When returned to the pot add the salt and cayenne pepper.
  4. Add the fresh butter, divided it into bits, and boil it 10 minutes longer.
  5. When you put it into the tureen, stir in the sweet cream.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Josh Romero
Louisiana Anthology
Dec 8, 2019

Chocolate Oreo Balls

Ingredients

  • Pack of Oreos
  • 8oz block of cream cheese
  • Large bag of white chocolate chips
  • Small bag of chocolate chips 

Directions

  1. Grind up all the Oreos and place them in a large ball
  2. Mix the cream cheese until completely mixed throughout
  3. Place mixture into the refrigerator for 30 min 
  4. Roll the mixture into desired size balls
  5. Pour the white chocolate chips into a bowl and place in microwave for 30-second increments, stir until completely melted.
  6. Dip the balls into the chocolate, until completely submerged
  7. Remove from chocolate and place on a flat pan, continue until all balls are finished
  8. Pour the chocolate chips into a bowl and place in microwave for 30-second increments, stir until completely melted.
  9. Drizzle a little the chocolate over the balls in a stripe pattern.


Source — Josh Romero
Prepared by Josh Romero
Louisiana Anthology
Dec 8, 2019

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

English Rice

Ingredients

  • One to two kilograms of cooked rice
  • Five liters of milk
  • One to two kilograms of sugar
  • Seven whole eggs
  • Forty-five grams of gelatin
  • Three to four liter of whip cream
  • Some cut fruit

Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients in a bowl, stir well.
Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Robert Blewer
Louisiana Anthology
December 17, 2019