Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Parmesan Crusted Chicken

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup mayo
  • 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast
  • 4 teaspoons breadcrumbs

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  2. Mix 1/2 cup mayo with 1/4 cup parmesan cheese to make spread.
  3. Put an even coat of the spread on all pieces of chicken.
  4. Sprinkle 4 teaspoons evenly across all chicken.
  5. Place in oven on baking sheet at 425 degrees for 20 minutes or until cooked thoroughly.
Source — Me
Prepared by Broady Rivet
Louisiana Anthology
July 20, 2022

Cold Fowls

Ingredients

  • Cold Fowl
  • 1/2 pound Ham
  • 1/2 pound tongue
  • 2 tablespoons parsley

Directions

  1. Prepare Fowl by making clean and precise cuts with a short knife on the breast.
  2. Place well cut slices of breast in desired arrangement on the center of the dish.
  3. Place a layer of ham and tongue in alternating pieces around the edge of the dish.
  4. Garnish dish with desired amount of parsley.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Broady Rivet
Louisiana Anthology
July 20,2022

Fish a la crême

Ingredients

  • 1 cup salt
  • 1 quart cream
  • 1 quart milk
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 onion
  • 1/2 tablespoon parsley
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 1/4 pound clarified butter
  • 1 cup bread crumbs

Directions

  1. Boil the fish being used with salt and seperate from bone.
  2. Boil 1 quart of cream and 1 cup o milk with 4 egg yolks beaten in seprate from fish.
  3. Add 1 diced onion and 1/2 tablespoon  parsley.
  4. Once boiled, strain the cream, return to heat, and when boiling add 3 tablespoons flour.
  5. Once smooth add 1/4 pounds of clarified butter (a little more if not made with cream).
  6. Butter a deep dish and place a layer of fish, then sauce; repeat unil dish is full leaving the top layer as the sauce.
  7. Cover with bread crumbs and bake for 30minutes.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Broad Rivet
Louisiana Anthology
July 20, 2022

Stewed Oysters (Very Delicate)

Ingredients

  • 3 pints oysters
  • 1 pint rich crème
  • 1 teaspoon flour
  • 1 tablespoon butter

Directions

  1. Strain 3 pints of oysters through a cullender.
  2. Put 1 pint of rich crème into a sauce pan.
  3. Mix in 1 tablespoon butter and 1 teaspoon flour together separately.
  4. Put crème over low flame and when it begins to heat mix in the flour and butter slowly.
  5. Let simmer for a few minutes (2-5).
  6. Add oysters and cook and cook for 10 minutes.
  7. Serve dish hot to table.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Broady Rivet
Louisiana Anthology
July 20, 2022

Crullers

 

Ingredients

  • Four eggs
  • Three cups brown sugar
  • One nutmeg, grated
  • One Tbsp. butter
  • One Tsp. yeast powder
  • flour for rolling

Directions

  1. Combine ingredients and mix until fully incorporated
  2. Roll out dough
  3. Cut out rounds with a biscuit cutter and cut out center with an apple corer
  4. Twist to create shape
  5. Deep fry in lard
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Austin Toys
Louisiana Anthology
July 19, 2022

Orange Cake

 

Ingredients

  • Four ripe oranges
  • One lb. powdered sugar
  • One lb. unsalted butter
  • 14 oz. flour, sifted
  • Ten eggs

Directions

  1. Roll the oranges under your hand until soft
  2. Zest the oranges
  3. Cut the oranges and juice through a strainer
  4. Mix the sugar and orange juice
  5. Add butter to sugar mixture and and stir until light
  6. Beat the eggs
  7. Add the eggs and flour a little at a time to the butter sugar mixture
  8. Beat together
  9. Butter a large shallow pan and put in mixture
  10. Bake at 400 F until cooked through

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Austin Toys
Louisiana Anthology
July 19, 2022

Blackberry Pie

 

Ingredients

  • One quart blackberries
  • Pie pastry dough for shell and cover
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup water
  • One Tsp. flour
  • 1/4 Tsp. salt
  • Half a nutmeg, grated

Directions

  1. Pick the berries clean and rinse in cold water
  2. Butter pie dish and line with shell
  3. Put in blackberries 1/2" deep and add water
  4. Add brown sugar, salt, flour, and nutmeg evenly around blackberries
  5. Cover with pie pastry and press edges of cover and shell together
  6. Trim edges neatly and cut a slit in the cover
  7. Bake at 425 F for 45 minutes
Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Austin Toys
Louisiana Anthology
July 19, 2022