Pa Pa Due

Ingredients

• Two eggs 
• One teaspoon of vanilla 
• 1/4 cup of milk
• 1 tablespoon of sugar 
• Desired number of white bread slices 
• Vegetable oil 
• Powdered Sugar 

Directions

1. Mix eggs, vanilla, milk, and sugar in a shallow bowl. 
   
   
   
2. Lay bread slice down into mixture, flipping so bread is soaked on both. 
   
   
   
3. Cover the bottom of a black iron skillet with vegetable oil and bring to a medium heat. 
   
4. Place soaked bread slice into oil and fry each side until golden brown. 
5. Place on paper towels to soak up excess grease. 
6. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top and enjoy. 
   

Source — Grandmothers Recipe
Prepared by Garon Hebert
Louisiana Anthology
December 20, 2023

Grandma's Yorkshire Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 cup of all-purpose flour
• 1 cup of milk
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• Oil of your choice

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
2. In your mixing bowl, pour the flour in and make a well in the middle.
3. Pour the milk, 2 eggs, and salt into the well and mix.
4. In a muffin pan, pour enough oil in each of the holes to completely cover the bottom.
5. Put the pan with only the oil into the oven until you see steam coming off the oil, it can be described as being "smoky".
6. Take it out and fill up each muffin hole halfway with batter.
7. Let it cook for about 17-20 minutes, but keep checking it.
8. Let it stand for about an hour
9. Serve.
   

Source — Grandma Sylvia
Prepared by Matthew Delacerda
Louisiana Anthology
July 16, 2019

French Bread Toast

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• .25 cup unsalted butter
• .25 cup plus 1 tablespoon corn syrup
• 10 slices French bread (.5-inch-slices)
• 6 eggs, well beaten
• 2 cups of milk
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla
• .25 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• .25 cup melted butter.

Directions

1. Combine the brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup in saucepan over medium heat.
2. Cook the syrup, stirring until bubbly, for about 5 minutes.
3. Pour the syrup evenly into a lightly greased 13-by-9-by-2-inch baking dish.
4. Layer the bread over the syrup.
5. Combine the eggs, milk, vanilla, and salt in a bowl and mix well.
6. Gradually pour the mixture evenly over the bread.
7. Cover with plastic wrap and weight it down with a plate.
8. Chill for at least 8 hours.
9. When ready to bake, combine the sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle evenly over the bread.
10. Drizzle with the melted butter.
11. Cover with a foil to prevent over-browning.
12. Bake at 350 degrees until golden and bubbly and set in the middle, 40-45 minutes later (if you want a browner finish, uncover the toast within the last few minutes).

Source — My Mother's Cooking Book
Prepared by Bryce Trumble
Louisiana Anthology
December 20, 2023

Capon with Truffles

Ingredients

• Capon
• Truffles
• Butter
• Salt and pepper

Directions

1. Pick, singe, draw, and clean the capon.
2. Peel and scrape clean the truffles.
3. Scald the truffles in boiling melted butter with salt and pepper.
4. Fill the capon entirely with the truffles.
5. Sew the opening closed.
6. Envelope the capon thoroughly in buttered white paper.
7. Stone in a cool, dry place for two days or less.
8. Roast the capon while still in the paper.
9. When the capon is nearly cooked remove the paper and baste with butter until it becomes brown.

Source — The Unrivaled Cook Book
Prepared by Bryce Trumble
Louisiana Anthology
December 20, 2023

Veiled Cutlets

Ingredients

• Fillet cutlets — those without bones
• Pork sausage
• Truffles

Directions

1. Take the fillet cutlets and trim and flatten them.
2. Cover them with a thin layer of sausage meat.
3. Chop a few truffles and place them on the sausage.
4. Broil it.

Source — The Unrivaled Cook Book
Prepared by Bryce Trumble
Louisiana Anthology
December 20, 2023

Yorkshire Pudding #2

Ingredients

• Four tablespoonfuls of Hecker’s farina
• One pint of milk
• One pint of good vinegar
• Four eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately

Directions

1. Mix and pour into the dripping–pan.

Source — The Unrivaled Cook Book
Prepared by Bryce Trumble
Louisiana Anthology
December 20, 2023

Crème Brûlée

 

Ingredients

• Six egg yolks
• 6 tablespoons white sugar, divided
• 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
2. Whisk egg yolks, 4 tablespoons white sugar and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl until thick and creamy.
3. Por cream into a saucepan and stir over low heat until it almost comes to a boil.
4. whisk cream into egg yolk mixture beat until combined.
5. Pour mixture into the top pan of a double boiler. stir until mixture coats the back of a spoon.
6. P
   our into a shallow dish.
7. Cook at 300 for about 30 minutes, let cool until room temerature.
8. Turn the oven on broil.
9. Mix white and brown sugar. Sprinkle mixture evenly over custard.
10. Place dish under the broiler until sugar melts and caramelizes, about 2 minutes.

Source — Allrecipes
Prepared by Caden Rainer
Louisiana Anthology
December 19, 2023