Dutch Oven Cajun and Creole
By Bill Ryan
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Bill Ryan serves up some of the finest Cajun and Creole cooking out of a Dutch oven you’ll ever taste! With this cookbook, he shares some of his prize recipes and tips for cast-iron cooking. Give a few of these Louisiana favorites a try: Beignets, Shrimp Creole, Dirty Rice, and Crawfish Etouffee. And, if that doesn’t fit the bill, Grillades and Grits, Cajun Cacciatore, Mardi Gras Rolls, and Lime-Coconut
Buttermilk Pie certainly will.
Bill Ryan
Bill Ryan is the president and founder of the Louisiana Dutch Oven Society and serves on the board of directors of the International Dutch Oven Society as the representative for the Southern states region. He started cooking with Dutch ovens as a hobby in 2000 and has participated in Dutch oven cook-offs since 2007.
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Dutch Oven Cajun and Creole - Bill Ryan
Dutch Oven Cajun and Creole
Bill Ryan
Dutch Oven Cajun and Creole
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Text © 2012 Bill Ryan
Photographs © 2012 Zac Williams
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To my son Will; for joining scouts and allowing me to play along. As you made your way to becoming an Eagle Scout, I learned a new hobby of Dutch oven cooking. Mom and I are proud of you!
To Lake Bistineau State Park in Doyline, Louisana; for all the support provided for our monthly Dutch oven gatherings where many of these recipes were created, tested, and approved of to be good.
To Jeff and Stephine Jimes; Stephine for allowing Jeff to come outside and play, and Jeff, for all the conversations we have had while driving over 15,000 miles since 2007 to attend cook-offs, and for all the dishes we have dreamed up while on the road. Here’s to many more miles and cook-offs, my friend.
To my best friend, lover, and wife Laura; thanks for letting me have fun with this, and for being honest and telling me to never cook a dish again and throw that recipe away. I fall in love with you all over again each day.
Dutch Oven Cajun and Creole
Table of Contents
Dutch Oven Cooking It’s All About the Food Cajun Seasonings Cajun Seasoning Seasoned Flour White Butter Roux Roux White Sauce Breakfasts Mountain Man Breakfast Presnik Coffee Cake Creole Grits Sausage Breakfast Torte Grillades Beignets Blueberry Sausage Breakfast Cheese Grits Pancake Casserole Cajun Breakfast Casserole Bloody Mary Breakfast Casserole Main Dishes Creole Pork Chops Stuffed Pork Tenderloin Baked Cod Cajun Style Crawfish Pie Spiced Chicken Coke Brisket Barbecue Pork Medallions Lobster Creole Cajun Cacciatore Dirty Rice Seafood Bill Crawfish Etouffee Cran-Orange Pork Tenderloin Cajun Jambalaya Cajun Pork Roast Alligator Puffs with White Sauce Bayou Chicken with Andouille Tarragon Cream Shrimp Creole Sides Eva’s Loaded Baked Beans Southern Louisiana Red Beans Corn and Green Bean Casserole New Orleans Red Beans Baked Corn Casserole Potatoes with Apples Sweet and Sour Cabbage Creole Green Beans Hash Brown Casserole Tators Twice Baked with Shrimp Scalloped Corn Casserole Autumn Sweet Potatoes Herb-Roasted New Potatoes Cajun Mushrooms Breads Crawfish French Bread Sweet Dough Bayou Blast Bread Spicy Sausage and Cheese Rolls Louisiana Stromboli Ruben Rye Bread Turkey and Wild Rice Bread Honey Cheddar Biscuits Sweet Potato Cornbread Crawfish Cornbread Super Quick Rolls Mardi Gras Rolls Jalapeno Cornbread Hawaiian Sweet Bread Desserts Peppermint Chocolate Cake Ring-of-Coconut Fudge Cake Dump Cobblers Pioneer Journey Cake Bread Pudding Doughnut Style Upside-Down Apple Pie Caramel Cinnamon Apple Pie Cajun Cake Peachy-Spice Upside-Down Cake Honey Bun Cake Rich Chocolate Pecan Pie Lime-Coconut Buttermilk Pie Rum Cake Rhubarb Bread Pudding Carrot Cake Extra Resources Metric Conversion Chart
Dutch Oven Cooking
From the early days of discovering the Americas, the Dutch oven has been utilized for cooking in everyday life. No one really knows who invented the first Dutch oven, but a silversmith named Paul Revere is credited with making changes by adding the three legs on the bottom and a flanged lid. With new technology providing other materials such as stainless steel or Teflon, the use of cast iron for everyday cooking started to decline in the 1950s. But over the last several decades, groups of folks have formed societies with the purpose of preserving the art of Dutch oven cooking. Why cook in Dutch ovens? Because it’s fun, easy to do, and the food tastes great.
The Right Oven
When I teach a Cast Iron 101
workshop, there are two questions always asked: What size oven do I need?
and How do I control the temperature?
Let’s look at getting the right oven first. There are several manufactures of ovens on the market today. The two most popular are Lodge and Camp Chef, but there are also several other brands that are available. Whichever you choose, there are a few basic things to look for in a Dutch oven.
The walls and bottom of the oven should have a smooth finish inside and out, with no marks, deep scratches, cracks, or grind marks. The lid should fit snugly all the way around with no gaps. New ovens will either be seasoned or unseasoned. If the oven is unseasoned, when you inspected it, you will notice a light wax coating that has been applied to keep the oven from rusting.
Many sporting goods stores carry Dutch ovens and you can also find bargains at garage sales or flea markets. The chart on page 6 will give you an idea of about what size you need to purchase based on the number of servings you will need. The most common size is