From Saffron to Sassafras with Cast Iron Cookware

Posted by Doyle Bailey for Cast Iron Cookware Shop

What a clever title featuring a spice of India and of Louisiana! The women of  Sharing Shores put together this award-winning cookbook in order to honor their Indian and Louisiana heritage and to raise money for area charities! Proceeds are donated to area charities, including the  Capital Area Family Violence Intervention Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Two great cultures and heritages united in a wonderful cause!

You will delight in recipes in this amazing cookbook. It includes  Indian and Cajun recipes, from the authors of the cookbook and from numerous other celebrities around Louisiana.  Chef John Folse, former Governor Kathleen Blanco, and current Governor Bobby Jindal, just to name a few have recipes in the cookbook.

This writer is personally very proud of Governor Bobby Jindal. He and his wife are delightful people and a credit to Louisiana and to their Indian heritage.

Cast Iron Cookware Shop salutes these “Spicy Ladies” for their vision, community involvement and their special cookbook. You will want to add it to your collection.

Prepare these tasty dishes in Cast Iron Cookware and Taste the Food not the     Cookware.

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Seafood Gumbo In A Cast Iron Dutch Oven

Posted by Doyle Bailey for Cast Iron Cookware Shop

Some gumbo recipes feature poultry and others use only seafood. This recipe from Cinnamon Cooper  uses both.  Check- out  The Everything Cast-Iron Cookbook Cinnamon recently published. It is the best!

All gumbo is thickened and is served over rice.

GUMBO RECIPE

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons paprika                                              1 pound andouille sausage
1 teaspoon garlic powder                                    2 bay leaves
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano                              3 garlic cloves, chopped
1/2 teaspoon black pepper                                2 quarts chicken stock
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme                                 1/2 pound okra,  in 1/2 ” rounds
1/2 teaspoon onion powder                              1 pound peeled shrimp
1/4 teaspoon cayenne powder                         8 ounces crabmeat
1 teaspoon salt                                                         1/2 cup cooked long-grain rice
1 small frying chicken                                                  per person
cut into 10 pieces                                                1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Mix all the spices together and rub over the pieces of chicken.
3. Place in a Dutch oven.
4. Cut the sausage at an angle into 1/4 thick slices. Sprinkle the sausage over the chicken.
5. Cook in the oven for 40 minutes. Pour off all the fat.
6. Save the sausage on a platter. Lay the chicken pieces out to cool. Once it is cool to the touch, remove all the meat from the bones and set the bones and skin aside for making stock.
7. Place the chicken meat and sausage back in the Dutch oven. Add the bay leaves and any leftover seasoning mix to the pan. Tuck the garlic cloves around the meat with the bay leaves. Cover with chicken stock by 2″. Turn the heat to a medium-high, cover, and boil. Lower the heat to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes. Stir to prevent sticking.
8. Add the okra and cook for 30 minutes. Sprinkle the shrimp on top, cut up the crabmeat and add to the cast iron pan.  Cook for 6-8 minutes. Taste and salt if necessary.

When you ladle the gumbo over rice in a bowl, garnish with parsley. Serve with Tabasco and a crusty bread. Cornbread is marvelous with gumbo.

TASTE THE FOOD NOT THE COOKWARE WITH CASTIRON COOKWARE

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Bake It In Cast Iron Cookware and They Will Come

Posted by Doyle Bailey for Cast Iron Cookware Shop

If you bake it in cast iron cookware they will come:

• you kids will be there and likely bring their friends
• your out of town family will visit. Make the food excellent and the beds not too comfortable
• your rich uncle will come and be pleased with you and you may get into the will
• your family will come to the table without you having to text them
  

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In the Everything Cast- Iron Cookbook, Cinnamon Cooper has created modern recipes with traditional techniques. She shows you just how easy it is to create healthy and delicious meals  with versatile cast iron cookware. This great collection of recipes from a great Cook, Food writer and cast-iron enthusiast has moved to a place of priority in our kitchen. She is living proof that when you cook in cast-iron, they will come.

Every chef worth her skillet knows cast iron beats nonstick every time.

Cook in cast iron and taste the food not the cookware.

Order your copy today.

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