Tuesday, April 9, 2024

French Cake

Ingredients

  • Twelve eggs
  • One pound of loaf sugar
  • One grated lemon peel
  • One half pound of sifted flour
  • One half pound of sifted, dried-ground rice
  • Four ounces of sweet almonds
  • One ounce of bitter almonds
  • One tablespoon of orange flower water

Directions

  1. Beat the yolks and whites of the eggs separately.
  2. Pound and sift the loaf sugar.
  3. Pound the almonds in a mortar with the orange flower water.
  4. Mix all ingredients gradually and beat well.
  5. Paper the pan and bake for one hour.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Ian Dryg
Louisiana Anthology
April 9, 2024

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Tomato Egg Salad

 Ingredients

  • Lettuce leaves
  • Tomatoes sliced
  • Hard boiled eggs sliced
  • Celery chopped
  • Salt, pepper, and mayonnaise dressing to taste

Directions

  1. Place lettuce on a salad plate.
  2. Place sliced tomatoes on top of the lettuce.
  3. Place sliced hard boiled eggs on top of the tomatoes.
  4. Sprinkle celery, salt, and pepper on top.
  5. Repeat steps 1 to 4 till dish is full.
  6. Pour mayonnaise dressing to finish.
source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Hojun Lee
Louisiana Anthology
April 3, 2024

Fish Salad

 Ingredients

  • 1 medium red snapper
  • Salad dish garnished with lettuce leaves
  • 2 raw egg yolks
  • 1 cooked egg yolk
  • Mustard, cayenne pepper, and salt to taste
  • 1 pt sweet oil
  • 1 lemon juiced

Directions

  1. Boil the red snapper.
  2. Place snapper on salad dish garnished with lettuce leaves.
  3. In a separate bowl stir raw and cooked egg yolks, mustard, cayenne pepper, salt, sweet oil, and lemon juice.
source — New Orleans Cook Book
prepared by Hojun Lee
Louisiana Anthology
April 3, 2024

Salad Dressing-Without Oil

 Ingredients

  • 1 Egss
  • 3 tbsp vinegar
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp mustard
  • Pinch of salt and pepper

Directions

  1. Put all ingredients into a pan.
  2. Put pan over boiling water, stirring continuously till thick.
source — New Orleans Cook Book
prepared by Hojun Lee
Louisiana Anthology
April 3, 2024

Mock Chicken Salad

 Ingredients

  • 3 lbs white veal
  • 8 hard boiled eggs chopped
  • 10 cucumber pickles chopped
  • 3 heads celery chopped
  • 1/2 small bottle sweet oil
  • salt, pepper, and vinegar to taste

Directions

  1. Boil white veal till tender.
  2. Mix all ingredients.
source — New Orleans Cook Book
prepared by Hojun Lee
Louisiana Anthology
April 3, 2024

Mayonnaise Dressing

 Ingredients

  • 2 Egg yolks
  • 1/2 tsp mustard
  • 1 1/2 tsp vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • Red pepper to taste
  • Lemon juice to taste

Directions

  1. Beat egg yolks and mustard for one minute.
  2. Add oil a drop at a time continusally beating.
  3. When like jelly, add lemon juice and a few drops of vinegar while beating.
  4. Chill mixture if there is a tendency to curdle.
  5. After all vinegar is used, add salt and pepper and whip for 5 more minutes.
  6. Put in container and keep chill until served.
Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Hojun Lee
Louisiana Anthology
April 3, 2024

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Chicken MoMo

Ingredients

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 1/2 pounds ground chicken thighs
  • 1 cup fine chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1 cup fine chopped onions
  • 4 tablespoons fine minced garlic
  • 2 tablespoons ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • Salt and black pepper
  • Nonstick cooking spray

Directions

  1. Mix flour with 1 1/2 cups of water, knead to medium-firm dough, cover, and rest for 1 hour.
  2. Mix ground chicken, cilantro, onions, garlic, ginger, cumin, cinnamon, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
  3. Form 1/2 ounce of dough into a ball, roll into a 4-inch round for wrappers. Repeat with remaining dough.
  4. Grease steamer pan with cooking spray.
  5. Place filling on each wrapper, pinch edges to seal, and arrange in steamer pan.
  6. Boil water in steamer pot, place pan with momos on top, cover, and steam for 15-18 minutes.
Prepared by Dipesh Shah
Louisiana Anthology
April 2, 2024