White Cheese Dip

 

Ingredients

• 5 pounds Easy melt white cheese
• 3 cups Chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons Granulated garlic
• 2 tablespoons Cumin
• ½ cup Salsa

Directions

1.  In a double boiler place the diced cheese, chicken stock, garlic, cumin, and salsa over the heat.
2.  Heat until all ingredients are incorporated, and the cheese is fully melted.
3.  You can add more chicken stock if you want a thinner dip.

Source — Family Cookbook
Prepared by Lauren Brooks
Louisiana Anthology
October 2, 2022

Diet for Infants

 

Ingredients

• inch square  Gelatine
• 4 oz  warm water
• 4 oz  Milk
• ½ tsp  arrow-root or boiled flour-ball
• 2 tbs  sweet cream

Directions

1. Dissolve the 1 inch square of gelatine in the 4 ounces of warm water.
2. Add the 4 oz of Milk to the gelatine.
3. Bring the mixture to a boil once boiling add the ½ tablespoon of arrow-root to the pot.
4. Once dissolved remove from the heat and stir in the 2 tablespoons of sweet cream.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Lauren Brooks
Louisiana Anthology
October 2, 2022

Strawberry Sherbert

Ingredients

• Three pounds of strawberries
• Eight ounces of red currents
• One pint of water

Directions

1. Crush strawberries and currents in the sieve and let the juice drain into a large bowl.
2. Pour water over the remaining strawberries in the sieve.
3. Melt the sugar in some water over a fire.
4. Add the sugar water to the juice and pour it into the mold.
5. The amount of sugar needed is judged off tasting it throughout the process.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Cam Ayers
Louisiana Anthology
September  26th, 2022

French Jumbles

Ingredients

• One and a half pounds of flour
• Three-fourths pounds of sugar
• Large spoonful of butter
• Half a pound of almonds
• One nutmeg
• Four eggs

Directions

1. Mix all ingredients together.
2. Bake.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Cam Ayers
Louisiana Anthology
September 28th, 2022

Hamburger Steak

Ingredients

• Two pounds of hamburger beef
• One-fourth of a cup of flour
• Salt
• Pepper

Directions

1. Make hamburger beef into patties.
2. Cook in a pan until patties are brown, then move patties into a dish and put in oven on low heat.
3. Mix the flour, salt and pepper into leftover grease from patties until it forms into a gravy texture. 
4. Take patty dish out of the oven and pour the gravy over the top of the patties. 

Source — My Family
Prepared by Cam Ayers
Louisiana Anthology
September 29th, 2022

Fine Rolls

Ingredients

• Half a cup of butter
• Half a pint of milk
• Two spoonfuls of small beer yeast or one cup of homemade yeast
• Salt
• Two pounds of flour

Directions

1. Warm the half cup of butter into the half pint of milk.
2. Add in two spoonfuls of small beer yeast or a cup of homemade yeast and some salt.
3. Pour the mixture onto two pounds of flour.
4. Let it rise for an hour.
5. Knead the mixture and make it into either loaves or rolls.

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Cam Ayers
Louisiana Anthology
September 29, 2022

Gateau Praline ou ile Flottante (Praline or Floating Island Cake)

 

Original French Recipe

Pulvérisez un quart de livre de pralines grises. Battez en neige 4 blancs d’œufs, ajoutez les pralines en poudre, sucre a volonte faites ce mélange vivement et sans battre de nouveau, mettez dans un moule, que vous avez enduit de caramel, mettez au bain-marie et au four pas trop chaud, laissez 20 minutes, faites refroidir et démoulez au moment de servir, garnissez avec une creme a la vanille.

Ingredients

• One pound of gray pralines
• Four egg whites
• Sugar
• Caramel
• Vanilla cream

Directions

Beginning Preparations

1. Spray a pound of gray pralines with water.
2. Beat four egg whites until stiff.
3. Add the pralines to the egg whites.
4. Add sugar as desired, and mix vigorously.

Caramel

1. Add cold water to sugar in a saucepan.
2. Boil to a light golden color.
3. Coat a mold with the caramel.

Finishing Preparations

1. Add the pralines, sugar, and egg whites to the mold coated with caramel.
2. Place the mold within a larger container holding hot water (this is a bain-marie).
3. Place the bain-marie into the oven on a low heat for 20 minutes.
4. Cool for at least 5 minutes, and release the cake from the mold.
5. Garnish with vanilla cream.

— Leonie Penin.

Source — Cooking in Old Créole Days
Prepared by Jon-Mikah Hart
Louisiana Anthology
Sept 30, 2022