Geraldine Jones Louisiana Seafood Stuffing Recipe 425

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine the crawfish, shrimp, shallots, cream, brandy, salt, cayenne, and pepper. Turn the mixture into a mixing bowl. Stir in the rice and parsley. Using the feeding tube on a mixer, stuff the seafood mixture into the casings to make 3-inch links. Bring a large saucepan of salted water up to a boil. Add the peppercorns, onion, lemon slices and bay leaf and cook for 2 minutes. Add the sausage and poach until firm to the touch and plump, about 5 minutes. Remove from the water and let cool. In a large saute pan, over medium heat, melt the butter. Pan-fry the sausage for 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Remove from the pan and keep warm. To serve, spoon the sauce in the center of each plate, and top with sausages. Serve immediately with Mustard Cream Sauce. This recipe yields 8 servings.

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• Place corn bread stuffing mix in large bowl. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in skillet and saute onion, celery, bell pepper and garlic until tender, 10 minutes. In another skillet, fry minced gizzards in remaining 1 tablespoon oil 10 minutes. Add oysters, shrimp and crab meat and cook until shrimp is done, 5 to 7 minutes. Add gizzard mixture to bowl along with reserved oyster and crab juice. Fill empty oyster jar with water twice and add to stuffing mix. Add more liquid if stuffing appears too dry. Blend sauteed vegetables, seasoned salt, pepper, green onions and parsley into stuffing mix. Return stuffing to skillet. Cook on low heat about 10 minutes, then return to baking pan and bake at 350°F until brown, 25 to 30 minutes. This recipe yields 16 servings. Each of 16 servings: 187 calories, 412 mg sodium, 43 mg cholesterol, 5 grams fat, 25 grams carbohydrates, 11 grams protein, 0.32 gram fiber

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450˚ F. Sift 2 cups flour, the salt, sugar and baking powder into a large bowl. Mix in the lard with a fork or your fingers until well blended.
• Gradually add the buttermilk until the dough is wet and sticky (but not too wet), then add the remaining 3 tablespoons flour until the dough comes together and is kneadable. Either pinch off 2-inch biscuits or pat out the dough until ½ inch thick on a lightly floured surface and cut out biscuits with a floured 2-inch round cutter; arrange on a baking sheet. Brush the tops of the biscuits with buttermilk.
• Bake the biscuits until golden brown on top, 15 to 17 minutes.

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• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, combine rice, crab, cream cheese, butter, garlic, basil, marjoram, oregano, thyme, rosemary and celery seed., Cut a pocket horizontally in each fillet to within 1/2 in. of opposite side. Fill with stuffing mixture; secure with toothpicks. Place salmon on 2 greased 15x10x1-in. baking pans. Brush with oil; sprinkle with dill and salt., Bake 18-22 minutes or until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork. Discard toothpicks before serving.

Steps:

• Prepare cornbread per pkg instructions & cut into pieces as directed.
• Preheat oven to 350°F --- Generously butter a 10x15-in glass or ceramic baking dish. Put the cornbread pieces into a lrg bowl.
• In a lrg, deep skillet, cook the andouille over mod heat until lightly browned & the fat rendered (about 10 min). Add to the cornbread.
• Melt the butter in the skillet. Stir in the onions, celery & half of the scallions. Cook over low heat until soft (about 10 min). Add the shrimp, garlic, sage & thyme. Cook (while stirring) until the shrimp are just cooked through (about 3 min). Add the shrimp to the cornbread.
• In the same skillet, bring the stock to a boil. Pour the stock over the cornbread & stir well. Add the parsley & remaining scallions. Season the stuffing w/salt, pepper & Tabasco to taste preferences.
• Spread the stuffing in the prepared baking dish & bake for 1 hr (or until crisp & browned on top).