Friday, July 21, 2023

Kidney and Mushroom Stew

Ingredients


  • 2 kidneys
  • Salt & Pepper
  • Flour
  • 2 Sticks of butter
  • 2 cups of beef stock
  • 1 onion
  • 1 cup of mushrooms  -or-  1/2 cup of Mushroom catsup

Directions

  1. Cut the kidneys into slices, then wash and dry tenders carefully
  2. Melt butter in a pan
  3. pepper and salt the kidneys, then roll them in flour
  4. Fry in the butter until a golden brown is achieved
  5. Pour in beef stock and add chopped onion
  6. Stew for half an hour
  7. Add mushrooms/mushroom catsup
  8. Cook for an additional 15 minutes
Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by David Dreher
Louisiana Anthology
July 21, 2023

Truffles & Chestnut Stuffing for a Pig

Ingredients

  • Pig for roasting
  • 5 Truffles
  • 1lb Bacon
  • 0.5lb livers of veal or fowl (Beef / poultry)
  • Sweet herbs (cinnamon basil, mint, sage, etc.)
  • Tomato Sause 
  • 60 chestnuts
  • 8 oz of butter
  • 3 green onions
  • sweet basil
  • parsley 
  • thyme
  • 1 nutmeg
  • Salt & Pepper
  • 3 Eggs

Directions

  1. Mix truffles with bacon, liver, sweet herbs, pepper, salt and butter and stuff into the pig
  2. Roast Chestnuts, then remove shells while hot and pound them until fine powder
  3. Add 4 oz of butter (run this through a sieve) 
  4. Add to green onions, and a pinch of sweet basil, parsley and thyme
  5. Grate in a nutmeg, add a dash pepper and salt, and bind it with 3 eggs
  6. Stuff the pig with it and serve with tomato sauce
Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by David Dreher
Louisiana Anthology
July 21, 2023

Thursday, July 20, 2023

Beignets

Ingredients

  • 1 can of refrigerated Pillsbury Flaky Layers Buttermilk Biscuits (10 count)
  • Vegetable oil
  • Powdered sugar

Directions

  1. Separate dough into 10 biscuits; cut each biscuit into quarters.
  2. In deep fryer or heavy saucepan, heat 2 inches oil to 350*F. Fry biscuit quarters, in batches, in hot oil 2 to 3 minutes or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels; springle with powdered sugar. Serve hot.
Source — Pillsbury.com
Prepared by Shawn Chauvin
July 20, 2023




Egg sauce

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons of butter
  • 4 or 5 eggs
  • Cayenne pepper
  • Salt

Directions

  1. Melt 3 tablespoons of butter.
  2. Stir it into the yolks of 4 or 5 hard boiled, mashed very smooth eggs with a little cayenne pepper and salt.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Shawn Chauvin
Louisiana Anthology
July 20, 2023





Onion sauce

Ingredients

  • 1 dozen eggs
  • Salt
  • Sweet cream

Directions

  1. Boil 1 dozen onions in water with a little salt until quite tender.
  2. Take them out and chop them fine, then stew them in a small quainty of sweet cream.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Shawn Chauvin
Louisiana Anthology
July 20, 2023




Sour stew

Ingredients

  • Tablespoon of butter
  • Tablespoon of flour
  • Onion
  • Fish
  • 4 lemons
  • 6 eggs

Directions

  1. Put in a tablespoon of butter and a sliced onion into a saucepan and let it shimmer.
  2. Slice the fish about an inch thick into the saucepan and add enough boiling water to cover the fish.
  3. Make a sauce of 6 eggs, 4 lemons, and a teaspoon of flour; add this mixture to the stew when cool.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Shawn Chauvin
Louisiana Anthology
July 20, 2023







Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Copycat Cane's Sauce

Ingredients

  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 cup Heinz ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon of black pepper

Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients in a bowl together (order unnecessary).
  2. Seal with an air tight container.
  3. Place in the fridge for 2 hours.
-Andrue McMillan
Source — Personal Recipe
Prepared by Andrue McMillan
Louisiana Anthology
July 19, 2023