Creole Dressing Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Butter a 13x9-inch pan.
• Combine the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, and sugar, and mix well.
• Whisk together 5 eggs, 6 tablespoons melted butter, and buttermilk. Add wet to dry ingredients, mixing just until incorporated. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until top is browned and a toothpick comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Allow to cool completely.
• To Make Stuffing: In a small bowl, combine the 2 tablespoons salt with the white pepper, black pepper, cayenne pepper, onion powder, oregano, thyme, basil, and bay leaves.
• In another bowl, combine the minced onions, green onions, parsley, red or green peppers, chili peppers, and garlic.
• Melt 1 cup butter in a large frying pan. Add the spices and cook for a few minutes. Add the vegetables and cook about 5 minutes. Do not allow the vegetables to brown. Add the stock and Tabasco. Stir and cook 5 minutes more. Crumble the cornbread into the skillet and mix; remove pan from heat.
• Whisk 7 eggs and evaporated milk; pour into stuffing mixture. Return to low heat and cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes. Remove the bay leaves. Place stuffing in a bowl; cool before stuffing turkey.

Steps:

• Chop chicken livers and cook in boiling water until tender; drain and set aside.
• Drain the oysters and reserve the liquid; chop oysters coarsely.
• Pour oyster liquid over bread; set aside.
• In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat; add in green onions and the next 4 ingredients; cook and stir constantly until vegetables are tender.
• Add in chopped chicken livers, oysters, bread mixture, beef, and the remaining ingredients; lower heat and simmer for about 15 minutes.
• Spoon mixture into a 13x9 inch baking dish.
• Bake in a 350° oven for 30 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Finely crumble cornbread into a large bowl.
• Combine salt, peppers, onion powder, oregano, thyme, basil, bay leaves in a small bowl.
• Melt butter in a large skillet. Add onions, bell pepper, jalepeno pepper, and garlic. Saute until soft. Do not brown.
• Add parsley and spices to skillet for a minute.
• Add vegetables and spices to the bowl with cornbread.
• Put broth in a large pot & bring to a boil.
• Add hot broth, one cup at time, to cornbread mixture in bowl. Mixture should be somewhat soupy.
• Mix egg & evaporate milk together. Add to cornbread mixture.
• Grease a 9 x 13 pan. Pour dressing into pan. Cook at 375 degrees for 35 - 45 minutes until bubbly all through.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a bowl which has been rubbed with a cut garlic clove and mix well.
• Serve with any green or meat salad.

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together until smooth.
• Refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving.
• Nonfat mayo tends to cause clumps so you may have to use a blender or an electric mixer. A little extra elbow grease or a whisk will work just as well, however.

Steps:

• Combine the sour cream, garlic, buttermilk, vinegar, and basil in a food processor or blender.
• Process this for 20 seconds.
• Add the crushed red pepper and the mayonnaise.
• Process for another 20 seconds.
• Season the dressing with salt and cracked black peppercorn to suit your taste.
• Process dressing another 15 seconds.
• If not serving immediately, place dressing in a container.
• Tightly seal container and keep the dressing refrigerated until use.