New Orlean recipe collection

Fresh strawberries topped with piped sweetened whipped cream. Three ingredients, ten minutes, zero cooking. The kind of elegant simplicity New Orleans does best.

Strawberry crepes flambe fresh berries in a citrus-butter-brandy syrup, then fold them into delicate crepes glazed with the reduced sauce. Showy New Orleans-style dessert ready in 30 minutes.

A warm New Orleans-style salad with bacon, romaine, watercress, and Belgian endive tossed in walnut oil and deglazed with red wine and raspberry vinegar. Topped with garlic croutons.

Classic French country pate with veal, pork, chicken livers, and duck breast marinated in white wine and baked in a terrine. A two-day charcuterie project worth the wait.

Fried calamari done the simple way: fresh squid dredged in flour, fried golden, then hit with lemon, salt, and pepper. The classic Italian-American appetizer with no fussy batter.

Mousseline of redfish Nantua, a classic French seafood mousse from New Orleans master chefs. Silky puréed fish bound with egg white and cream, baked in a water bath and crowned with crayfish-rich Sauce Nantua.

Bienville sauce, the rich New Orleans seafood velouté spooned over baked oysters Bienville. Trout, shrimp, crab, and Chablis enriched with egg yolks and cream. Classic Creole French Quarter classic.

Tender veal slices pounded thin, stuffed with breadcrumbs, hard-boiled eggs, Romano and Parmesan, then slow-simmered in a homemade herb tomato sauce until fork-tender. A hearty Italian-American Sunday supper classic.

New Orleans-style crawfish consomme simmered with leeks, carrots, and bay leaves. A crystal-clear broth packed with sweet crawfish flavor, worthy of a masterchef.

Crabmeat stuffed ravioli served with a sauce béchamel. Takes time to make but well worth the effort to impress our just tread yourself!

Marchand de vin is a classic New Orleans red wine and demi-glace sauce with sauteed ham, mushrooms, and green onions. Rich, savory, and built for steak or eggs Benedict.

Oysters Lafitte: oysters on the half shell topped with crabmeat in dill cream and a tarragon béarnaise, broiled until golden. A French Quarter classic for the brave home cook.

Paris-Brest style cream puff pastry: piped pâte à choux rings baked with slivered almonds, split and filled with pastry cream, dusted with powdered sugar. A French patisserie classic at home.

Hazelnut pastry cream (creme patissiere) with scalded milk, eggs, flour, and hazelnut paste, lightened with whipped cream. A professional-grade filling for pastries.

Peche Royale dans son Panier Fleuri: poached peaches in fried batter baskets over genoise, topped with Grand Marnier sabayon and pate a choux handles. A showpiece French plated dessert.

New Orleans-style shrimp and fettuccine simmered in shrimp stock, white wine, and butter with mushrooms, tomatoes, and seafood seasoning. Finished with a swirl of butter for a rich, silky sauce.