| Pies, Pastries & Desserts |
 a Caillé | Annie Mae Abshire - a great Cajun mawmaw |
Annie Mae, our first recipe submitter, wrote: "This is the way I make old time cottage cheese." - May 2003
In memory of his grandmother on her 2006 passing, Brandon, Co-editor of the website, writes : Annie Mae Abshire was born, raised, married and lived in Kaplan, LA for all 88 years of her life. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who will be missed by all. With her passes a part of our Cajun heritage - memories, language, food and experiences - unique to Southwest Louisiana. We love you mawmaw. I'll miss your oatmeal, gumbo, pralines and figs... but most of all, your laugh and your smile. - Not yet rated |
| One of my Mom's all time favorite at Christmas or anytime.
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| Using cake mix for this tart dough helps complete the process a little faster. Not yet rated |
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| It is said there are almost as many variations of the sweet tart recipe as there are Cajuns. Here is another tart recipe for the road. Not yet rated |
| Beignet is cajun french for "French Donut". Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans popularized this tasty, classic Cajun treat. |
| This is a sweet version of the old fashioned doughnuts. |
| Cooking figs take patience waiting for the sugar to turn into syrup. But as any Cajun will tell you it is well worth the wait. Great with Cush Cush and for making fig tarts and fig cakes. |
| Fresh Picked Fig Preserves |
| Tarts are a Cajun Classic as well was Johnny Janot. Johnny Janot enjoyed success as a radio deejay in Eunice, LA and Beaumont, TX. He hosted the very popular Cajun Bandstand radio show on KLVI during the 1970's. He also recorded songs in the country, rockabilly and Cajun genres, many of which are included on a Swallow compilation available from Floyds Record Shop. Johnny was also a top ambassador for the Cajun heritage, a way of life built around deep feelings. As he would say, "It's the good times and the hard times. It's good friends and simply letting the good times roll." He had a way of making you feel proud that you were a Cajun and wishing you were even if you weren't. Mr. Janot passed away in 1984.
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| One of our favorite when we were kids was picking up fresh blackberries and having Mom make us blackberry tarts. With the ease of larger mixers doing the work for us; I adapted her recipe using my heavy duty Kitchen-Aid mixer. Not yet rated |
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