The famous chef may argue that his mother is really the divine influence behind his fabulous cooking skills since he learned to cook with the best of the earth's natural harvest at her side from an early age. His love of adventure eventually pushed him into the spotlight where he was able to immortalize the distinctive dishes of his native Louisiana.
Chef Paul is often mistaken for actor Dom DeLuise due to the fact they dress similarly, love cooking and have a portly profile that would give any Weight Watchers member a run for their money. Once in an interview the Chef revealed some of the actor's shenanigans. Deluise apparently had the habit of posing as the real chef and inviting people back to the restaurant in the New Orleans' French Quarter (K-Paul's) owned by Prudhomme and his late wife for a free dinner. He once burst out of the back of the restaurant with a knife and fork announcing that he was the real Chef Paul and the other guy was a fake.
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One of the reasons Chef Paul's most renowned dishes don't make the Weight Watcher's cut is the voluminous amounts of butter in the recipes. Take for example, the blackening method, which the chef created at his restaurant to mimic the nature flavors of fish and meat cooked directly over an open fire. The technique requests of the cook to liberally dredge the fish or meat in the blackening spices, primarily a mixture of various types of ground peppercorns with a few other powdered herbs to offset the searing effect on the tongue.
"Blackening changes the texture of fish and meat and provides a building of natural tastes that can't be duplicated any other way. Butter and herbs and spices are key elements." - Chef Paul Prudhomme
Into a white hot skillet is poured a ladle full of clarified butter an instant before the seasoned fish or meat is applied to the raging inferno that ensues. This is subjected to the unbelievably intense heat for mere seconds before it is drenched with another wash of hot butter (Weight Watchers beware), before flipping it over to scorch it to a crisp. The method sounds mad but the result is a crusty, taste bud-awakening exterior shell offset by a succulent, juicy interior that is so sweet and tender it seems impossible. We are ever so grateful to our native son for his invention; however you are warned not to try this at home unless you have the local fire officials close at hand.
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