Biscuit Breakfast with Regina Charboneau, Biscuit Queen

"Prize and Shine" was the notification text I received from the Prize Fest this morning, and that is exactly what I did.  I prized, I shined and had breakfast with a great group of like-minded biscuit lovers.  At Parish Taceaux, we settled in our seats, sipped beverages, in true Prize Fest fashion, and got ready for a biscuit demonstration by the nationally-renowned chef, Regina Charbonneau, also known as The Biscuit Queen. 

During the demonstration, we learned how The Biscuit Queen makes her biscuits and, she offered a few tips and tricks that she loves to use.

1.  Muffin tins are important, they help form and keep the shape of the biscuits.  Today, however, it was made loud and clear that her biscuits wouldn't be as pretty as they usually are, as she pointed out that someone forgot the muffin tins!  Who looks like the guilty party here? Shame on you, Chef Ramsey!

2. Use a tea towel as a base to move and manage the dough until it rolls out smoothly, this makes the whole process easier and neater.   She also highly recommended Land O' Lakes butter for your biscuit recipes, there's zero trans fat.  Find her recipe here.

3.  When mixing your dough, count to 10....that's it, you're done!  You don't want to over mix your dough (it will be chunky).  Here's a close up shot of the "muffin tin-less" biscuits, although they still look edible to me! 

Promptly after the demonstration, we got the opportunity to sample dishes that the guest celebrity chefs created from Chef Regina's biscuits.  It amazes me the complex things these chefs make from the simplest ingredients.  Here's what they whipped up!

Top Left: Shirred eggs (baked in brown butter) with roasted eggplant and Mexican tarragon, with Creole tomato jam.  Top Right:  Honey Butter chicken biscuits.



 Bottom Left:  Chicken & Dumplings with a charred carrot.  Bottom Right:  Biscuits with sweet corn mousse & blueberry conserva (this one came served with Corn Sweet Tea, see below).  I know it sounds weird, but trust me, it was good!

A BIG thanks to all involved!  I cannot express how much my taste buds and I have enjoyed this entire experience at Louisiana Food Prize & Prize Fest.  I hope to see you food lovers around.  Take care and Viva la Food Prize!

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