Mimosa Biscuits

Makes 12 biscuits

2 cups flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

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Red Beans and Rice

Serves 4

1 pound dried kidney beans

1 1/2 quarts water

1/2 vegatable oil.

1 cup diced onion

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Houmas House Plantation Mint Julep

Makes 1 mint julep

8 mint leaves

1 tablespoon simple syrup, (equal amounts water and sugar, heated until sugar melts), cooled

Crushed ice

2 ounces bourbon

Slash Club Soda

Sprig of mint for garnish

Put the mint leaves and the syrup in the bottom of a tall glass. With the handle of a wooden spoon, crush and mash the leaves to extract the flavor. Fill the glass with crushed ice.

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Banana Foster Split

Serves 4

4 bananas, halved lengthwise

¼ cup Sugar (for caramelizing bananas)

1/2 pint vanilla ice cream

1 pint blackberries

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Abita Beer Battered Shrimp with Andouille Cream Sauce

Serves 4  

For Abita Beer Batted Shrimp 

1 lb. jumbo shrimp, shell around body pealed, leaving                  head and tail

1 1/2 cup flour

¼ cup corn meal

1 tablespoon salt

1 tablespoon black pepper

1 tablespoon granulated garlic

12 oz. bottle of Abita amber beer

1 quart vegetable Oil for frying 

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