Louisiana

• Crawfish Étouffée

  Peeled crawfish tails and the orange fat from their heads smothered in butter and onion, thickened with flour cooked pale rather than brown, and spooned over rice.

  Total

  55 min

  Serves

  6

  Calories

  420 per serving

• Muffuletta

  A round sesame loaf split and packed with provolone, Genoa salami, mortadella and capicola, under an olive salad that is made the day before and pressed into the bread for two hours.

  Total

  26 hr 30 min

  Serves

  4

  Calories

  1005 per serving

• Red Beans and Rice

  Kidney beans started in cold water with a ham bone and simmered until a spoonful mashes against the pot, served over rice boiled dry and separate the way the Picayune insists on.

  Total

  2 hr 50 min

  Serves

  8

  Calories

  560 per serving

• Chicken and Andouille Gumbo

  A dark-roux gumbo of chicken on the bone and smoked sausage, built in the order the Picayune gumbo chapter lays down, with the filé stirred into the bowl and never into the pot.

  Total

  2 hr 45 min

  Serves

  8

  Calories

  670 per serving

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