Editing Louisiana Creole cuisine (section)

==Classic Creole dishes==

===Appetizers===
[[File:Oysters rockefeller.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Oysters Rockefeller]]
* [[Oysters Bienville]]
* [[Oysters en brochette]]
* [[Oysters Rockefeller]]
* [[Remoulade|Shrimp remoulade]]

===Soups===
[[Image:Oxtailsoup.JPG|thumb|Southern Oxtail Soup]]
* [[Bisque (food)|Bisque]]
* [[Gumbo]]
* [[Turtle soup]]

===Main dishes===
* Chicken Creole
* Creole Chicken Fricassée
* Creole baked chicken
* [[Étouffée|Crawfish étouffée]]
* [[Grillades]]
* [[Jambalaya]]
* [[Chayote|Mirliton]]
* [[Pompano en papillote]]
* [[Red beans and rice]]
* [[Rice and gravy]]
* [[Gumbo]]
* Shrimp bisque<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-19|title=Shrimp bisque|url=https://www.carolinescooking.com/shrimp-bisque/|access-date=2021-03-23|website=Caroline's Cooking|language=en-US|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419190737/https://www.carolinescooking.com/shrimp-bisque/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Shrimp creole]]
* Smothered [[pork chops]]
* Trout a la meunière<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fitzmorris|first=Tom|title=Trout Meunière, Old Style|website=Epicurious|publisher=Condé Nast|url=https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/trout-meuniere-old-style-242929|access-date=2021-03-23|archive-date=October 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010041212/https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/trout-meuniere-old-style-242929|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Side dishes===
* [[Kidney bean|Red beans]]
* [[Dirty rice]]
* Smothered green beans with sausage and potatoes
[[File:breadpudding.jpg|thumb|Creole [[bread pudding]] with vanilla whiskey sauce in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]]]

===Desserts===
[[Sugar]] first arrived in Louisiana from [[Saint-Domingue]] in the mid-1700s. Sugarcane could be chewed plain, and it was not until 1795 that [[Etienne de Bore|Etienne de Boré]] mastered the process of crystallizing sugar at his plantation (present day [[Audubon Park (New Orleans)|Audubon Park]]) in [[New Orleans]].

Sugar began to replace cotton as the local cash crop and by 1840 the state was home to over 1,500 sugar mills and by 1860 over 300,000 [[Slavery in the United States|slaves]] worked in various aspects of sugar production. Slave labor was needed not only in the fields, but also supported agricultural activities in other skilled roles like [[carpentry]] and metalworking. Louisiana accounted for around 90% of all national sugar production in the [[antebellum South|antebellum]] era.<ref name="poche">{{cite book |last=Poché |first=Dixie |title=Louisiana Sweets: King Cakes, Bread Pudding & Sweet Dough Pie |date=2007 |isbn=9781439662175 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GTAvDwAAQBAJ&q=Louisiana+sweets&pg=PA15}}</ref>

Creole cuisine is known for desserts like [[king cake]], [[Praline (nut confection)|pralines]], and sweet dough pie.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cajun Sweet Dough|url=https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/12480/cajun-sweet-dough/|access-date=2021-03-23|website=Allrecipes|language=en}}</ref> Regional desserts feature local fruits and nuts, such as berries, figs and pecans.<ref name=poche/> In the early 20th century [[cane syrup]] became a staple ingredient, and is used in recipes for [[pecan pie]], [[gingerbread]], spice cookies, and [[Gâteau de Sirop|gateau de sirop]], or served plain with pancakes or hot [[buttermilk biscuit]]s, similar to [[maple syrup]] in the [[cuisine of New England]].<ref name=poche/>

* [[Bananas Foster]]
* [[Beignet]]s
* [[Doberge cake]]
* [[Banana pudding]]

===Beverages===
* [[Antoine's#Cafe Brulot|Café Brûlot]]
* [[Café au lait]]
* Chicory coffee
* [[Ramos gin fizz]]
* [[Sazerac|Sazerac cocktail]]
* [[Vieux Carré (cocktail)|Vieux Carré]]
* Brandy milk punch
[[File:Eggs Sardou.jpg|thumb|right|[[Eggs Sardou]] with gulf shrimp added and [[grits]] on the side]]

===Breakfast===
* [[Calas (food)|Calas]]
* [[Eggs Sardou]]
* [[Grillades|Grits and grillades]]
* [[French toast]] ({{Lang|fr|pain perdu}}, or "lost bread")
* [[Beignet]]

===Condiments===
* [[Creole cream cheese]]
* [[Pepper jelly]]
* [[Remoulade]]
* [[Creole mustard]]
* [[Blue Plate Mayonnaise]]