Tuesday, March 24, 2015

16 (D-46) Recipes and a Restaurant

Three recipes:  
JAMBALAYA --> Rice cooked with ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish, herbs, spices and vegetables, especially tomatoes, and the "holy trinity."
http://www.cuisineaz.com/recettes/jambalaya-comme-a-la-nouvelle-orleans-17251.aspx

GUMBO --> "Start by making a roux."  A soup thickened with okra pods or filé and containing meat or seafoods and usually vegetables.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jlzbwe-mvs

SHRIMP or CRAWFISH ETOUFFEE -->  Etouffée or etouffee is a dish found in both Cajun and Creole cuisine typically served with shellfish over rice.  http://www.acuisiner.com/#recettes/other/9_1527361225/shrimp-etouffee.html 

And a famous New Orleans restaurant: 
ANTOINE'S


Antoine's is a Louisiana Creole cuisine restaurant on St. Louis Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans.  It has the distinction of being the oldest family-run restaurant in the United States, having been established in 1840 by Antoine Alciatore.  A New Orleans institution, it is known for having created several famous dishes such as Oysters Rockefeller and Eggs Sardou*!

Oysters Rockefeller consists of oysters on the half-shell topped with a rich sauce (made with green vegetables) and bread crumbs and then baked in the oven.  This dish was a way of replacing French snails with oysters!


Antoine's is also known for Café Brulot**, a drink made from coffee, orange liqueur, cinnamon stick, sugar, cloves and lemon peels.   At Antoine's the coffee is flamed when it is served as part of a dessert course.


We'll come back to Jambalaya and Gumbo and Etouffée when we go to Cajun country.

Jane
__________________________________________                        family-run =  http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/run_3
bread crumbs  = de la chapelure

*  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggs_Sardou
**  http://www.cuisineaz.com/recettes/cafe-brulot-30495.aspx

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