The Damn Thistle cocktail the Carrolls plan to serve during their dinner at the James Beard House. Courtesy Samantha Carroll
Samantha and Cody Carroll, owners of Hot Tails Restaurant in New Roads and Sac-a-Lait in New Orleans, are heading to New York City Oct. 1 to cook a dinner at the James Beard House.
And they just released their mouth-watering, classically Southern menu.
The Carrolls were invited to the nationally recognized facility back in July, selected for their local reputation and specialty in upscale Louisiana cuisine. They join a growing list of chefs from the Baton Rouge area who have cooked at the James Beard House in recent years, such as chef Jeremy Langlois of Ruffino’s and chef Kelley McCann of Galatoire’s Bistro.
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The pair says their goal for the dinner is to show guests authentic Louisiana food with robust flavors, shipping local ingredients to New York for the event.
Check out the full menu below, dubbed “Bayou in the Big Apple.”
Cocktail
• The Damn Thistle: Oryza Vodka, elderflower liqueur, pineapple and lime juices, and hibiscus flower syrup served over crushed ice
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Appetizers
• Deviled Crab: Pontchartrain blue crab and yard egg, marinated cucumber, smoked paprika saltines and tabasco sabayon
• Pig’s Ear: Creole cream cheese, white muscadine pepper jelly and pickled celery
• Duck Tongue: Belle Écorce goat’s cheese and sweet potato grits with blackberry confit
Entrees
• Turtle Boudin Noir: Louisiana pear, fingerling “brabonts,” sugarcane-cured Chappapeela pork jowl and pickled mirliton
• Alligator & Mirliton: sweet fried alligator, white remoulade and hand-mashed mirliton
• Wild Oyster Mushroom: mustard green pasta romana, P & J oysters and Louisiana wild mushrooms
• Lost Fish: perdu-style Gulf fish, whipped Creole potato salad, sweet corn calas and crawfish etouffee
• Backstrap & Sweetbreads: thin-cut venison tenderloin, cast-iron-seared sweetbreads, hand-rolled gnocchi, truffle and Acadiana honey and Creole andalouse
Dessert
• Aged Banana Pudding: Pointe Coupee pecan butter, vanilla wafers and whipped cream