Monday, June 8, 2020

Crawfish Monica

Ingredients

  • One pound of fresh fettuccine
  • Three tablespoons of butter
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • One-half cup of minced onion
  • Creole/Cajun Seasoning to taste
  • One cup peeled, seeded plum tomatoes
  • One pound of crawfish tails
  • One tablespoon of chopped garlic
  • Two cups of heavy cream
  • Two ounces of grated parmesan cheese
  • One-fourth cup of chopped green onions

Directions

  1. Bring a pot of water to boil and add the pasta. Cook until tender. Remove from heat and drain.
  2. Toss the pasta with two tablespoons of butter. Season with salt and pepper.
  3. In a large sauce pan, melt the remaining butter. Add onions and season with Creole Seasoning. Sauté for one minute.
  4. Add tomatoes. Sauté for two minutes.
  5. Season crawfish with Creole Seasoning.
  6. Add the crawfish in the pan and sauté for one minute. Stir in garlic.
  7. Add the cream and bring the liquid to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until the sauce thickens.
  8. Stir in cheese. Mix well.
  9. Turn the sauce into a large mixing bowl. Add the pasta and green onion.
  10. Mix well and serve.

Prepared by Taylor Hicks
Louisiana Anthology
June 8, 2020

Crawfish Monica

Ingredients

  • One pound of fresh fettuccine
  • Three tablespoons of butter
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • One-half cup of minced onion
  • Creole/Cajun Seasoning to taste
  • One cup peeled, seeded plum tomatoes
  • One pound of crawfish tails
  • One tablespoon of chopped garlic
  • Two cups of heavy cream
  • Two ounces of grated parmesan cheese
  • One-fourth cup of chopped green onions

Directions

  1. Bring a pot of water to boil and add the pasta. Cook until tender. Remove from heat and drain.
  2. Toss the pasta with two tablespoons of butter. Season with salt and pepper.
  3. In a large sauce pan, melt the remaining butter. Add onions and season with Creole Seasoning. Sauté for one minute.
  4. Add tomatoes. Sauté for two minutes.
  5. Season crawfish with Creole Seasoning.
  6. Add the crawfish in the pan and sauté for one minute. Stir in garlic.
  7. Add the cream and bring the liquid to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until the sauce thickens.
  8. Stir in cheese. Mix well.
  9. Turn the sauce into a large mixing bowl. Add the pasta and green onion.
  10. Mix well and serve.

Prepared by Taylor Hicks
Louisiana Anthology
June 8, 2020

Sour Cream Eat Ya Enchiladas

Ingredients:


  • 4 Boneless chicken breasts
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • creole seasoning
  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • 4 tablespoons of onion chopped
  • 1 spoonful of Rotel drained
  • 8 ounces sour cream 
  • 12 flour tortillas
  • 12 ounces of cheddar cheese
  • 8 ounces of pepper jack cheese
  • 1 cup of salsa

Directions:


  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Coat chicken with olive oil and creole seasoning
  • Place in a baking dish and bake at until tender about 25 mins. Cool and cut into cubes
  • Spray 9 by 13 in glass baking dish with nonstick cooking spray
  • In a saucepan, melt butter. Add onion and saute until clear
  • Add Rotel, sour cream, and cream cheese, stirring constantly until smooth and well blended. Mix in cubed chicken
  • Spoon 2-3 tablespoons of the mixture down the center of each tortilla 
  • Top each tortilla evenly with cheese and salsa
  • Fold one side over the filling; then roll and place seam side down in a prepared baking dish
  • Spoon the remaining cheese and salsa over the filled tortillas. Cover with foil
  • Bake for 25-30mins
  • Remove foil and bake for 5 additional mins 


Anne Bishop
Prepared by Anne Bishop
Louisiana Anthology
June 8, 2020

Sour Cream Eat Ya Enchiladas

Ingredients:


  • 4 Boneless chicken breasts
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • creole seasoning
  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • 4 tablespoons of onion chopped
  • 1 spoonful of Rotel drained
  • 8 ounces sour cream 
  • 12 flour tortillas
  • 12 ounces of cheddar cheese
  • 8 ounces of pepper jack cheese
  • 1 cup of salsa

Directions:


  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Coat chicken with olive oil and creole seasoning
  • Place in a baking dish and bake at until tender about 25 mins. Cool and cut into cubes
  • Spray 9 by 13 in glass baking dish with nonstick cooking spray
  • In a saucepan, melt butter. Add onion and saute until clear
  • Add Rotel, sour cream, and cream cheese, stirring constantly until smooth and well blended. Mix in cubed chicken
  • Spoon 2-3 tablespoons of the mixture down the center of each tortilla 
  • Top each tortilla evenly with cheese and salsa
  • Fold one side over the filling; then roll and place seam side down in a prepared baking dish
  • Spoon the remaining cheese and salsa over the filled tortillas. Cover with foil
  • Bake for 25-30mins
  • Remove foil and bake for 5 additional mins 


Anne Bishop
Prepared by Anne Bishop
Louisiana Anthology
June 8, 2020

Cucumber, White, for Meats

Ingredients

  • 4-5 cucumbers
  • 3/4 of a pint of veal stock
  • 3 egg yolks
  • A pinch of cayenne pepper
  • A pinch of salt

Directions

  1. Peel and take out the seeds from the cucumbers and cut them into very small pieces.
  2. Put the cucumber pieces into a saucepan with the veal stock and the seasoning , and simmer it slowly until they are tender.
  3. Next, beat the egg yolks and stir it into the pan.
  4. Bring the temperature up to high, but do NOT let it boil; and serve immediately.
Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Cintia Marin
Louisiana Anthology
June  8, 2020

Cucumber, White, for Meats

Ingredients

  • 4-5 cucumbers
  • 3/4 of a pint of veal stock
  • 3 egg yolks
  • A pinch of cayenne pepper
  • A pinch of salt

Directions

  1. Peel and take out the seeds from the cucumbers and cut them into very small pieces.
  2. Put the cucumber pieces into a saucepan with the veal stock and the seasoning , and simmer it slowly until they are tender.
  3. Next, beat the egg yolks and stir it into the pan.
  4. Bring the temperature up to high, but do NOT let it boil; and serve immediately.
Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Cintia Marin
Louisiana Anthology
June  8, 2020

Sweet Breads

Ingredients

  • Grated bread crumbs
  • Pepper
  • Salt
  • Lard
  • One cup of hot water
  • One large wineglass of sherry
  • Nutmeg 
  • Lemon Juice
  • One tablespoon of flour

Directions

  1. Boil ten minutes to blanch, then throw them into cold water.
  2. Skin and lard them.
  3. Roll in grated bread crumbs, pepper and salt, and cook in boiling lard till quite tender.
  4. Lay them in a dish and pour over the following gravy: a cup of hot water, a large wineglass of sherry, a little nutmeg and lemon juice, and thicken with a tablespoon of flour.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Taylor Hicks
Louisiana Anthology
June 8, 2020