Orange Cakes

Ingredients

• Two quarts of flour
• Two tablespoons of butter
• One large cup of brown sugar
• Molasses
• Orange peel

Directions

1. Combine the flour, butter, and brown sugar.
2. Mix with just enough molasses to be able to roll the resultant dough thin.
3. Powder a great deal of orange peel, and dust the cake well with it.

Note that these cakes are made without eggs, so not only are they very nice, but very economical too.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Ethan Clapp
Louisiana Anthology
September 30, 2023

Clareville Biscuits

Ingredients

• Two pounds of sifted flour
• Half a pound of butter
• Half a pint of milk or cold water
• Pinch of salt

Directions

1. Combine all ingredients into a batter.
2. Grease a pan with a little bit of butter and add the batter to the greased pan.
3. Bake at a low temperature until the biscuits are a light brown.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Ethan Clapp
Louisiana Anthology
September 30, 2023

Splendid Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• One pound of washed and creamed butter
• One and one fourth pounds of white sifted sugar
• Twelve eggs
• One and one quarter pound of flour
• One pound of currants
• Two pounds of large raisins
• One pound of citron
• One whole nutmeg
• One glass of wine
• One glass of brandy

Directions

1. Wash and cream the butter.
2. Beat the egg white of 12 eggs to a stiff froth and mix with the creamed butter.
3. Carefully stir in the pound of sifted flour.
4. The day before, wash and dry the currants.
5. Pick and seed the raisins.
6. Slice the citrons.
7. Pour all the fruit into a large pan, and dredge well with a quarter pound of sifted flour.
8. Stir all well into the butter.
9. Add one grated nutmeg, a glass of wine, and a glass of brandy.
10. Bake carefully in a large cake pan for four hours

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Catherine Weldon
Louisiana Anthology
September 26, 2023

Turkey Burgers

Ingredients

• Extra virgin olive oil
• One onion
• Kosher salt
• Two cloves garlic
• One and a half pounds of ground turkey meat
• A fourth of a cup of soy sauce
• One inch of ginger
• One tablespoon of sambal oelek
• One eight ounce can of water chestnuts

Directions

1. Dice onion, garlic, and water chestnuts.
2. Grate one inch of garlic.
3. Sautee onions and garlic in olive oil on medium heat.
4. Mix turkey meat, soy sauce, sambal oelek, water chestnuts, ginger, onions, and garlic in large bowl.
5. Make four turkey patties and cook until firm.

Prepared by Miles Harris
Louisiana Anthology
September 26, 2023

Chicken and Tomatoes

Ingredients

• Four small pieces of chicken
• Six large tomatoes
• Two onions
• Three large green peppers
• Small bunch of sweet herbs
• Slice of salted pork
• Three cloves of garlic
• Two peppercorns
• One cup of white wine
• One cup of water
• One stick of butter
• Three quarters of a cup of rice

Directions

1. Cut chicken into pieces and remove large pieces of gristle.
2. Remove seeds and stem from pepper and cut into bite size pieces.
3. Dice the slice of salted pork.
4. Smash the garlic cloves.
5. Cut the onions in half.
6. Throw everything in a large pot and allow to cook until chicken is cooked.

Source —  The Unrivalled Cook-Book
Prepared by Miles Harris
Louisiana Anthology
September 26, 2023

Homemade Crackers

Ingredients

• 
  Lump of light bread dough
• Butter
• Flour

Directions

1. Take a lump of light bread dough.
2. Roll it out.
3. Spread it with butter.
4. Dredge a little flour over it.
5. Roll it up and pound it well
6. Roll it out very thin.
7. Cut in small cakes and bake quickly.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Catherine Weldon
Louisiana Anthology
September 26, 2023

Clareville Biscuits

Ingredients

• Two pounds of sifted flour
• Half of a pound of butter
• Half of a pint of milk or cold water
• A pinch of salt
  
  
  
  

Directions

1. Heat butter to easily mix.
2. Add all ingredients together and mix thoroughly.
3. Butter pans and evenly distribute batter.
4. Bake to a light brown on a low heat for a longer time.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Miles Harris
Louisiana Anthology
September 25, 2023