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Cook the Book: Smoked Salmon Beignets With Brandied Tomato Sauce

As promised, here's the first recipe from Susan Spicer's Crescent City Cooking. Spicer "stole" this recipe for smoked salmon beignets with brandied tomato sauce from her friend Daniel Bonnot of Louis XVI Restaurant. Crayfish tails may be used instead of smoked salmon in these "dangerously addictive" pepper and garlic flavored fritters.

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Dinner Tonight: Pez De Tierra (Eggplant Fries)

dinnertonight-eggplantfries.jpgThe recipe translates as “Land Fish”, which I’m sure has a storied history. But I like to think of them as eggplant fries, however wrong that must be. I just wanted to toss them in a cardboard container and scoop them up three at a time.

I’m not sure if this is what the author wanted. There is only a passing remark to the fast food side, saying to cut the eggplant “as for french fries.” They are really looking for fat wedges. But I think they taste better the smaller and more fry-like they become. They become super crisp, but still juicy and full flavored. And unlike their potato counterparts, these “fries” only require one dip in the oil and are done in about 2 minutes. That’s something I’d be far more willing to do on weeknight, no matter what it is called.

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