Natchitoches meat pie Natchitoches meat pie The Natchitoches meat pie is a regional dish from northern Louisiana, United States. It is one of the official state foods of Louisiana. Ingredients include ground beef, ground pork, onions, peppers, garlic, oil, and a pie shell. Natchitoches meat pies are often fried in peanut oil because of that oil's high smoking temperature. A number of restaurants in the historic district in Natchitoches serve meat pies, and frozen pies are available from grocers in northern Louisiana. It has a savory meat filling in a crescent-shaped, flaky wheat pastry turnover. It is similar to a Spanish picadillo beef
Chartreuse (dish) Chartreuse (dish) A chartreuse is a French dish comprising meat or vegetables that are wrapped tightly in a decorative layer of salad or vegetable leaves of different colours and cooked within a dome mould. Variations of the dish have been in existence since at least the eighteenth century. The appearance of the chartreuse may be varied according to the way in which the external vegetables are cut. In classic French cuisine it is cooked in a bain-marie and served hot. Chef Marie-Antoine Careme described Chartreuse as the "queen of entrees". Nowadays it is usually a dish of partridge with cabbage