Cajun Creole Cuisine
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Cajun creole cuisine. Cuisine cadienne kizin kadaen spanish. Both cuisines make use of herbs and spices like garlic and onion powder and paprika. However the distinction runs much deeper into the history of new orleans. One of the simplest differences between the two cuisine types is that creole food typically uses tomatoes and tomato based sauces while traditional cajun food does not.
In their rural surroundings cajun cooks excelled at using every part of an animal. The encyclopedia of cajun creole cuisine. This cuisine is based on seafood especially shellfish game pork and generous seasoning. This is partly due to the scarcity of dairy products in some areas of acadiana acadia louisiana when cajun cuisine was being developed.
A typical creole roux is made from butter and flour as in france while a cajun roux is usually made with lard or oil and flour. The history of cajun cuisine. Cajun and creole food are both native to louisiana and can be found in restaurants throughout new orleans. Hippocrene books new york ny 2005 isbn 0 7818 1120 1.
Chef john folse co gonzales la 2004 isbn 0 9704457 1 7. Allrecipes has more than 550 trusted cajun and creole recipes complete with ratings reviews and cooking tips.