Where Does Creole Cooking Come From?
Creole cooking is a native Louisiana cuisine. It is a combination of several cooking styles that were brought to the Louisiana area from France, Spain, Africa, and sometimes Italy. As you explore Creole cooking, you will discover a wide variety of foods including seafood. Creole cooking also tends to be a bit spicy, so when cooking crab Creole shrimp, you will need cayenne pepper. Another native food of the Louisiana area is Cajun cooking. They are similar in many aspects, like the ingredients they use and the spiciness of the cuisines. But they differ in the fact that Cajun cooking is based on French provincial cooking while Creole cooking is based on classical style cooking. So with Creole, you will use a lot of classical cooking methods. For example, many of the sauces used in Creole cooking are based on the sauces found in classic cooking. There are some differences between classical cooking and Creole cooking. For example, classical cooking sauces and soups will use a mirepoix of
