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Goat Cheese King Cake with Crawfish Etouffee
I can remember the first time I saw a boudin king cake. It was sitting on a table at a super bowl party some years back. Our eyes met from across the room and once I worked up the courage for a proper introduction, my life wouldn't be the same. A savory king cake! Who would have thunk it? Once the barrier between traditionally sweet and typically savory foods has been broken, there is no going back. This king cake is walking, talking proof of that. If you're on a diet or just try to eat healthy, figure on jogging a lot and fasting the remainder of the weekend. It is…
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Boudin King Cake
This recipe first started making its rounds on the internet about five years ago and to put it simply, at a party or function, it's a show stopper. Unless someone at the party is roasting a whole pig in a hole in the ground or your drunk uncle is chasing the soon to be fried chicken around with a hatchet, I promise this will be the most talked about dish at the get-together.
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King Cake
Now forever linked with Mardi Gras (at least in the south), the King Cake's history goes back a good ways. The name derives from the visit of the Magi to the infant Christ which is celebrated on the Epiphany, January 6th. This marks the end of the twelve days of Christmas and begins what we celebrate now as the Mardi Gras season which extends to Fat Tuesday and of course the beginning of Lent.
