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Thornton Tea Cakes
Ingredients
Two cups of sugar
Two sticks of butter, melted
Four eggs
Two tbsp. of milk
Two tbsp. vanilla extract
Three and one-half cups of self rising flour
Directions
Mix all ingredients together.
Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes.
Source — Grandma's Recipe Book
Prepared by Colson Thornton
Louisiana Anthology
October 2, 2022
Pineapple Sponge
Ingredients
One small pineapples, or a can of pineapples
One cup of sugar, less when using a can of pineapples
One and one-half cup of water
One-half package of gelatin
Four egg whites
Cream
Directions
Soak gelatin in half-cup of water for two hours.
Chop up pineapple.
Mix pineapple and cupfuls of water and sugar in saucepan.
Let simmer for 10 minutes.
Add gelatin to mixture and strain into a tin basin.
Set basin into ice water or refridgerator.
Stir egg whites, beaten to a stiff froth[foam], when the mixture thickens.
Pour into a mould and let harden.
Serve with cream.
Source —
New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Colson Thornton
Louisiana Anthology
October 2, 2022
Cornstarch Cake
Ingredients
One-half cup of creamed butter
One-half cup of sugar
One-half cup of milk
One-half tsp. almond extract
One-half cup cornstarch
One and one-half cup of flour
One-half tsp. of soda
One-helf tsp. cream of tartar
Six egg whites
Directions
Mix in the order given above.
Bake.
Source —
New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Colson Thornton
Louisiana Anthology
October 2, 2022
Consomme of Beef and Fowl
Ingredients
2 pounds of lean beef
1 Fowl
Stock or plain broth
2 carrots, 2 onions,
1 head of celery or a pinch of celery seed
Thyme
1 whole pepper
Mace(spice)
1 Bay Leaf
1 egg
Directions
Half roast the fowl and cut into pieces.
Put fowl into a saucepan filled with the broth.
Skim the broth and add in vegetables, spices, and the bay leaf.
Let the mixture simmer for 3 to 4 hours.
Strain through a coarse cloth, free the mixture entirely of fat.
Clarify with the whites of the egg.
Source —
La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Colson Thornton
Louisiana Anthology
October 2, 2022
Peasant Bread
Ingredients
Four cups of flour
Two teaspoons of salt
Two teaspoons of sugar
Two teaspoons of active dry yeast
Two cups of water (warm)
One tablespoon of butter
Directions
Mix the dry ingredients together
Pour in the water
Mix until combined
Cover your bowl and let the dough rise
Spread butter inside two over-safe bowls
Wait until the dough has doubled in size
Divide the dough into halves
Place the halves into the greased bowls
Let it rise for 30 minutes.
Heat oven to 350 Fahrenheit
Cook the dough for 30 mins
Let the dough rest for 15 minutes before slicing
Source —
New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Donnie Underwood
Louisiana Anthology
September 15, 2022
Remnants of Soup Meat with Onions
Ingredients
Soup Meat
Onions (Chopped)
Saltwater
Butter or Lard
Flour
Spices of choice
Directions
Cut the meat into thin slices.
Saturate in the saltwater
Add butter to a hot pan
Add chopped onions to the butter
Cool the onions until brown
Put the meat in the pan and cover
Turn the meat after frying for a while
When both sides are brown, remove
Add a small amount of water and flour to the butter remaining in the pan
Stir until thick, then put the sauce over the meat
Source —
New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Donnie Underwood
Louisiana Anthology
October 2, 2022
Bisque
Ingredients
½ Gallon cream whipped
9 Egg Yolks
3 Pounds Granulated Sugar
1 Gallon Milk
Vanilla Bean
Directions
Boil the 1 gallon of milk with the vanilla bean.
Mix the 9 egg yolks with milk.
Add the 3 pounds of sugar to the whipped cream.
Combine the egg and milk mixture to the sugar and cream mixture, beating the mixtures well.
Freeze the mixture overnight.
This recipe will make approximately 24 bisque.
Source —
New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Lauren Brooks
Louisiana Anthology
October 2, 2022
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