Real Vermont Cooking

4 Servings INGREDIENTS 8 Trout fillets (skinned) 1 Stick of butter (1/4 Pound) 1 Cup flour 1 Juiced Lemon (keep juice) 2 Teaspoons of salt or to taste. ¼ Cup of chopped parsley (Flat leaf preferably) 3 Teaspoons of red pepper or to taste. ½ Cup roasted sliced almonds (Roast at 375 degrees 7 minutes) Directions: Sprinkle trout fillets with seasoning then dredge in flour. Melt butter in shallow skillet; add fish and cook slowly until golden brown on both sides. Remove fish from skillet and set in oven to keep warm. Add lemon juice and parsley to butter and drippings in the skillet. Mix well then poor over cooked fish fillets. Sprinkle sliced almond over the fillets.

INGREDIENTS 24 oysters with liquid 2 cups onions, chopped 1 quart fish stock 12 ounces heavy cream 1 cup flour 1/2 cup margarine 1 teaspoon parsley, chopped Salt and pepper to taste 2 cups diced potatoes, boiled Directions: Saute onions and 1/4 cup margarine 2 to 3 minutes. Add oysters and liquid and simmer 4 to 5 minutes. Add fish stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 8 minutes. Mix flour with margarine. Add to mixture for thickness. Simmer for 6 minutes. Add cream, parsley and potatoes; simmer for 3 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. Serves 10 to 12.

INGREDIENTS 4 Pounds of veal or beef round steak 1 Teaspoon thyme ½ Cup bacon drippings or vegetable oil 1 Cup water or beef stock ½ Cup flour 1 Cup red wine 2 Cups of chopped onions 3 Bay leaves 1 ½ Cups of chopped green onions 3 dashes of Worcestershire sauce 1 Cup chopped celery ½ Cup chopped parsley 4 Cloves of garlic, chopped fine Salt, red and black pepper to taste. 3 Tomatoes (medium) chopped Directions: Start by cutting steaks into serving-size pieces and removing any external fat. In large heavy bottomed pot add bacon drippings or oil and brown meat well. After meat is well -browned (remember the browning gives the flavor) set aside. Add flour to the same pot with drippings and stir continually, making a roux. Cook until the color of a penny; add onions, green onions, celery and cook until soft and limp. Next add the garlic, tomatoes thyme mixing all ingredients together. Add water or stock, wine, bay leaves, salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce. Simmer all ingredients for 10 minutes add veal or beef pieces of meat back to pot stirring well. Cover and cook until meat is fork tender but not falling apart. You can add water during the cooking process if gravy gets too thick. Taste during the cooking for seasoning (salt and pepper) and add if needed. You can always add if you think Grillades need more seasoning but seasoning is hard to remove. When seasoned and meat very tender add parsley and serve over grits.

Ingredients: Casserole: 4 cups mashed sweet potatoes or use 4 – 1 lb. cans of sweet potatoes. 3/4 cups sugar 3/4 cup half and half cream 1/2 cup melted butter 1 1/4 tea vanilla Topping: 1/2 cup melted butter 1/2 cup flour 1 cup brown sugar 3/4 cups chopped pecans Boil and mash sweet potatoes. Add the remaining casserole ingredients and combine. Put into a casserole dish. In a separate mixing bowl, combine the topping ingredients. Place the topping on top of the potatoes. Bake at 350 degrees uncovered for about 30 minutes or until topping seems crisp.