ARCHIVE RANDOM RSS Home About Manifesto Foods Contact Us Cajun Cooking and the Holy Trinity Many of the world’s cuisines start with a simple vegetable base. From the aromatic French mirepoix to the leek-based German suppengrun, the foundations of great sauces and dishes usually all start from affordable, simple vegetables that have been cooked down to a monochromatic mush, releasing in flavor the life and vividness that has been visually seeped out of them. The American equivalent is The Holy Trinity, a combination of three vegetables that form the foundation for Cajun cooking - onions, celery, and bell pepper. Where did the Holy Trinity come from? Its exact origins are unclear, but most believe that through the influence of French colonization of Louisiana, the Trinity trickled down from the French mirepoix, which is almost the same combination except that the French substitute carrot for the bell pepper. Today, the Trinity is the basis of most popular Cajun recipes, from gumbo to jambalaya. In general, one part bell pepper is used for every two parts of onion and two parts of celery. This is sautéed down in oil until the vegetables turn mushy and almost translucent. If you take a look at gumbo and jambalaya recipes, You’ll see that the Trinity is not only an essential part of each recipe, but that the two dishes actually do not vary substantially in the ingredients used, showing that as with most good food, great recipes are the result of evolution - years of creativity borne out of limited selection can forge delicious, diverse things. Share Comments 5 Notes ognim612 liked this chronicvoiceofhope liked this super-internets reblogged this from manifestofoods medicalkid5 liked this medicalkid5 reblogged this from manifestofoods manifestofoods posted this k5 notes Comments z cajun creole food gumbo jambalaya nola cooking recipes vegetables holy trinity essentials [ Previous Post Next Post ] Pages Home About Manifesto Foods Contact Us Posts We Like Dark Roast Espresso + Magnum Bars Photo via yummyinmytumbly RASPBERRIES N’ CREME BISCOFF CREPES Photo via kawaii-food-is-kawaii See more ] © 2015–2021 Manifesto Foods