Bienville Grill Shrimp Creole recipe

4 tablespoons butter
1 large onion, diced
2 medium bell peppers, diced
2 stalks celery, sliced
2 tablespoons chopped garlic
4 cups chicken or shrimp stock
4 cups tomato sauce
4 cups diced tomatoes
3 bay leaves
1 teaspoon thyme
Salt/white pepper to taste
Cayenne pepper to taste

Sauté all vegetables in butter. Add remaining ingredients and simmer two hours, adding water if too thick. If too thin, reduce over high heat. Add salt and pepper last. Add 1 pound peeled shrimp and 2 tablespoons butter to 1 quart Creole sauce. Simmer 20 minutes.

Source: Chef Mike Hall - Bienville Grill - 13NEWS Lunchbreak

German Apple Pancake recipe

1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1 large or 2 medium size apples
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Heat oven to 400 degrees F.

Mix sugar and cinnamon.

Mix flour, milk and eggs together. Melt butter in cast iron skillet (this is essential). Remove from heat. Pour mixture into skillet. Peel and slice thinly the apples. Place on top of mixture. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture. Bake 20 minutes. Serve from cast iron skillet.

Source: Bickford's Restaurant - Braintree, Massachusetts