Thomas Jeffersons Shad Roe Souffle Recipes

SHAD ROE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet. While foaming is subsiding, lightly dredge roe in flour and shake off excess. Add roe and cook until lightly browned, about 4 minutes. Turn over, and brown on the other side. Remove the roe to a plate. If necessary add more butter to the skillet. Add ginger and saute for a moment. Add lemon juice and remove from heat; season with salt and pepper, add parsley or chives and spoon over shad. Serve with lemon or lime wedges.

THOMAS JEFFERSON'S SHAD-ROE SOUFFLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Gently parboil the roe in water to cover, with the bay leaf, lemon juice and salt, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain and reserve 1/4 cup of the liquid.
• Remove the roe's outer membrane and veins.
• Saute the onion in the butter until transparent. Add the roe, break it gently with a fork and sprinkle with flour until well coated. Blend in the reserved liquid, cool for a few minutes and add the parsley. Stir in the yolks. Add salt and pepper.
• Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Stir 1/4 of them into the roe mixture. Fold in the rest. Place in a buttered 1-quart souffle dish, sprinkle with paprika and bake in a pan of boiling water for 35 minutes. Serve bacon on the side or crumbled on top.

SHAD ROE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet. While foaming is subsiding, lightly dredge roe in flour and shake off excess. Add roe and cook until lightly browned, about 4 minutes. Turn over, and brown on the other side. Remove the roe to a plate. If necessary add more butter to the skillet. Add ginger and saute for a moment. Add lemon juice and remove from heat; season with salt and pepper, add parsley or chives and spoon over shad. Serve with lemon or lime wedges.

SHAD ROE WITH SORREL SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt the butter for the sauce in a small pan. Drop in the sorrel leaves, and
• cook over medium heat, stirring now and then, until the liquid has evaporated.
• The sorrel will turn a khaki color, but don't let that bother you. Season with salt and pepper and just a tiny pinch of sugar. Pour in the cream, and cook for about 5 minutes, until thickened. Keep warm.
• Heat the remaining 2 teaspoons butter in a small skillet that will just hold the shad roe. Rub the milk over the roe, dredge in flour, season with salt and pepper, and slip the roe into the pan. Cook slowly for about 5 minutes, turning once. Arrange on a warm plate, and spoon the sauce around.

POTOMAC PANFRIED SHAD ROE

Steps:

• Cook bacon in cast iron or other heavy bottomed pan until crispy. Place in 200 degree F oven.
• Leave about 2 T bacon grease in pan & keep hot from cooking bacon.
• Separate roe pair trying not to puncture roe casing (Cut connecting tissue).
• Cook roe in casing like a sausage in bacon grease over low-medium heat until casing feels taut like a sausage, about 2-3 minutes, turning once. Grease needs to be hot enough for the roe to sizzle when placed in it but not wild splattering. If heat is too hot the casing can pop (this is messy & painful to the cook).Try not to pierce casing when turning as the tiny eggs will extrude.
• Remove from pan & place roe with bacon on paper towel or paper bag in oven.
• Turn up heat in pan & scramble your eggs, toast your tost & serve all with coffee.

THOMAS JEFFERSON SPOON BREAD

Steps:

• Mix together the cornmeal, salt and sugar.
• Heat milk in a double boiler.
• Whisk in mix to blend.
• Cook slowly, whisking very often, until thickened.
• Heat oven 400.
• Remove pot from heat. Whisk in eggs quickly.
• Pour into a sprayed baking dish.
• Bake 30 minutes.
• YUM!