Creole Olive Slaw Food

EMERIL LAGASSE'S CREOLE OLIVE SALAD

Steps:

• Combine black olives, pimiento-stuffed green olives, olive oil, shallots, celery, parsley, garlic, and pepper in a medium sized non-reactive mixing bowl.
• Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. Note: I liked the taste of the salad better at room temperature.
• Emeril says: "Olive Salad is used to dress those wonderful Italian sandwiches called muffalettas.".
• We served the olive salad over a bed of mixed greens which included baby arugula.
• Yield is estimated.

CREOLE ARTICHOKE OLIVE COLE SLAW

Steps:

• Combine oil, vinegar, mustard, shallots, sugar, and cayenne pepper in a large bowl, mix well.
• Add cabbage, artichoke hearts and olives, mix well.
• Cover and chill at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours before serving.

CREOLE CORN AND CRAB HAND PIES WITH ENDIVE SLAW AND COMEBACK SAUCE

Steps:

• For the endive slaw: In a bowl, mix together the endive, onion, chives, parsley, vinegar, olive oil and honey. Add salt and pepper to taste. Marinate at room temperature for 15 minutes.
• For the hand pies: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare a grill for medium heat.
• Oil and grill the corn, turning often, until golden brown. Let cool, then cut the kernels from the cob.
• Heat the butter and oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions, peppers, celery and greens onions and cook until translucent. Let cool.
• Add the crabmeat, corn kernels, parsley, breadcrumbs, cayenne, crab boil seasoning and lemon juice. Add salt and pepper to taste and fold in the creme fraiche.
• Lay out the crescent rolls on a work surface. Top each with a couple tablespoons of the filling, then fold into triangles and seal tightly. Brush with egg wash. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until golden brown.
• For the comeback sauce: Combine the mayonnaise, ketchup, cornichons, lemon juice, hot sauce, Worcestershire and salt and pepper taste in a bowl. Mix well. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. (Makes 2 cups.)
• To serve, spoon some comeback sauce onto plates. Slice the hand pies in half and arrange on top of the sauce. Top with slaw.

BASIC CREOLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in celery, onion, green bell pepper, carrot, and garlic; cook and stir until the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Stir tomatoes with their juice, water, chicken bouillon cubes, and bay leaves into the vegetable mixture.
• Stir in red pepper flakes, smoked paprika, saffron, oregano, basil, thyme, orange zest, clam juice, and white wine.
• Bring the sauce to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until the flavors have blended, at least 1 hour. Season to taste with salt and black pepper.
• Allow the sauce to cool completely.
• To store, pour into pint glass canning jars, cover with lids and rings, and place into freezer. Sauce can be frozen up to 3 months before using.

GRANNY J'S CREOLE SLAW

Steps:

• 1. Mix cabbage, onion and bell pepper in large mixing bowl, set aside.
• 2. Mix rest of ingredients together well and pour over cabbage mixture, mixing well. Best served after setting up in your refrigerator for 24 hours, but can be served if need be in a hurry.

CAJUN COLE SLAW

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, whisk the mayonnaise and mustard until combined. Add olive oil slowly while whisking and whisk until the mixture has returned to the original thickness of the mayo.
• Add the hot sauce, ketchup, vinegar, worcestershire and lemon juice, whisking completely after each addition.
• Stir in the garlic powder and salt and pepper.
• Place bell peppers, onion and cabbage in a large bowl, pour dressing over and toss to thoroughly combine.
• Refrigerate for at least an hour.
• Serve cold.

CREOLE COLESLAW

Steps:

• Combine first 8 ingredients in a small bowl. Combine cabbage and carrot in a large bowl.
• Add the desired amount of dressing, tossing well to coat.
• Chill up to 2 hours or serve immediately.