Old-Fashioned Creole Corn Bread
Ingredients: 2 cups yellow corn meal 1 cup sour cream ½ cup sugar 1 cup cream-style corn ½ cup bacon drippings 1 cup all-purpose flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 2 eggs 1 ½ teaspoons salt milk Instructions: In a large bowl, mix all ingredients together, except milk. Stir well until blended. Add enough milk to […]
Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients: 1 pk of fresh cranberries, either 12 or 16 oz. If you cannot find fresh cranberries, you can use frozen ones. If you do, allow them to thaw completely. 8 oz. jar of orange marmalade 3 dashes hot sauce Instructions: In a microwave safe dish, such as a Pyrex measuring cup, place all of […]
Spicy Pecans
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon sea salt or your favorite finishing salt 1 teaspoon cayenne 1 teaspoon granulated sugar 2 lbs. pecan halves 2 tablespoons olive oil Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Mix salt, cayenne and sugar in a small jar. Cover and shake to mix thoroughly. Place […]
Quick Fig Jam
Ingredients: 2 lbs. figs, stemmed and chopped 1 ½ cups sugar Generous ¼ cup lemon juice Directions: Place the figs in a stainless steel or enameled pot. Stir the sugar into the figs and make sure that the figs are well coated. Allow to sit for 30 minutes to allow the sugar to force the […]
Tomato Tart
Ingredients: 1 package frozen puff pastry 4-6 very ripe tomatoes 2 tablespoons salt ¼ cup mayonnaise 10 garlic cloves, mashed ½ lb. thinly sliced gruyere cheese 4 slices of bacon, crisped and crumbled Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. While pastry is defrosting, slice tomatoes. Place onto a baking pan, sprinkle with salt and allow […]
Coush Coush
Ingredients: 2 cups corn meal 1.5 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking powder 1.5 cups milk .5 cup vegetable oil Directions: In a large mixing bowl add corn meal, salt, baking powder, and milk. Mix well and make sure there are not clumps. Put the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the corn meal […]
Corn Maque Chou
Ingredients 12 ears tender fresh corn 1 onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced 4 tablespoons margarine 1 bell pepper, chopped 1 tomato, diced 1 cup milk salt & pepper Directions In a large bowl, cut corn off cob and scrape cobs to get all the juice. Set aside. Heat margarine in a Dutch oven. Add […]