Recipes

Cajun Shrimp

Serves 4 people

Ingredients:

1 lb medium to large shrimp, peeled
3 TBSP Cajun seasoning
2 TBSP olive oil
Garlic Butter
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- Mix together in a small food processor or by hand.

Instructions:

Mix together in a small food processor or by hand.

Recipe and photos courtesy of Mary Comfort and Danielle Murray of Comfort Kitchen

Comfort Kitchen Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce

This is an approximation for the home cook—but mostly use your common sense and trust your judgement.

For a 13 x 8 or larger roasting pan with sides at least 3’ high.

Ingredients:

10-12 cups dried bread (2 loaves of day-old Italian bread or baguettes cut into 1-2 inch cubes and left out overnight to dry)
1 ½ cups sugar
1 T cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
Pinch of salt
6 eggs
2 cups 10% Cream (half and half)
3 cups milk (we use homogenized)
1 tsp vanilla
1 -1 ½ cups raisins

Instructions:

Place dried bread cubes in the baking pan
Mix together sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
In a very large bowl, whisk eggs, cream, milk, and vanilla. Add the sugar mixture to the cream and egg mixture and mix well.
Pour combination over the bread. Add raisins
Toss with your hands to make sure that the bread is evenly soaked and let sit for at least 1 hour or overnight in the fridge.
Bake at 350 for 45 min and drop to 300 for 15 minutes longer until set but not dry. Serve with whiskey sauce—and whipped cream—or ice cream.

Forty Creek Whiskey Sauce

Ingredients:

1 cup brown sugar
½ cup butter
½ cup heavy cream (35% whipping cream)
Pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 to 2 ounces Forty Creek Whiskey

Combine sugar, butter and cream in a heavy saucepan. Boil, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla and Forty Creek Whiskey.

Recipe and photos courtesy of Mary Comfort and Danielle Murray of Comfort Kitchen

P Pierre's New Orleans Style BBQ Shrimp

Ingredients:

3-5 pounds shrimp (12-16) Count heads on and Cleaned
2 Sticks of unsalted butter
Pie’s Olive Oil Herb infused Mix (see below)
Pie’s Spice (see below)
A heaping amount of fresh chopped garlic (to taste)
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp Tabasco
1 cup of your favorite white wine
1 Large lemon sliced
3 bunches of green onion (to taste)

Pie’s Olive Oil Herb infused Mix

Ingredients:

1 cup Olive Oil
2 tsp Fresh Thyme (I used Lemon Thyme)
4 Fresh Garlic Cloves Chopped
1 teaspoon Fresh Oregano
1 teaspoon Fresh Basil
1 teaspoon Fresh Rosemary
3 slices of lemon mushed
A few shakes of Tabasco
A few shakes of Worcestershire Sauces
(Mix and sit to the side for later)

Pie’s Dried Spice

Ingredients:

1 tbsp Black Pepper
1 tbsp Cayenne Pepper
1tsp paprika
1tsp salt
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder

Recipe and photos courtesy of P Pierre Brown and Gourmet Sacred Soul Kitchen Therapy

Traditional New Orleans Butter Beans

Ingredients:

1 lb camelia Baby Lima Beans
1 lb pickled meat ( I am using pickled turkey necks)
10 cups of water
2 tbsp cooking oil
1 medium onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 medium bell pepper
1 tsp fresh Parsley
Pinch of Thyme
Salt and Pepper to taste
Creole/Cajun Seasoning to taste (optional)
1 stick of butter (optional)

Recipe and photos courtesy of P Pierre Brown and Gourmet Sacred Soul Kitchen Therapy