After sharing all our favorite flavors of New England, we couldn't leave you without a few recipes to tempt your taste buds!
Whether you live in Boston or Santa Fe, a transplant from a different coast or a native yearning for home, these dishes will land you smack dab in the bays and rocky hillsides of New England.
New Englanders take advantage of what they have while it's in season, preparing them in simple ways to show off their best flavors. This applies to everything from strawberries to lobster!
Breakfast
Red Flannel Hash (Beet and Pototo Hash--great with a fried egg on top!)
Johnny Cakes (which are from Rhode Island and don't let anyone tell you otherwise)
Old-Fashioned Indian Corn Pudding
Everything with a big helping of maple syrup, of course...
Dinner
Potato and Celery Root Gratin with Smoked Haddock (Finnan Haddie)
New England Fish Chowder
New England Clam Chowder
Lobster Pot Pie
Lobster Rolls (the recipe says to serve on dinner rolls, but they're really best on hoagie or hot dog buns!)
Backyard New England Clam Bake (sandy beach encouraged, but not required)
Dessert
Fruit Cobbler (baked in an oven)
Blueberry Grunt (covered and cooked on the stovetop)
Boston Cream Pie
Extras
Anadama Bread
Boston Brown Bread
Cranberry Relish with Apple Cider
What other dishes would you add to this list?
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I am not sure Rhode Island can claim the Johnny cake.
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That lobster roll picture makes me want to get on a plane to Maine right this very minute! YUM!!!
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A lot of the things we think of as "Thanksgiving" stuff is also New Englandy, like pumpkin pie, and things involving butternut squash (even though this New England girl goes with an Italian influence for her butternut squash soup). There's also Cheddar cheese soup, and the "New England Boiled Dinner" which is a close cousin to the "corned beef and cabbage" people break out on St. Patrick's Day. (Personally, I'm not a fan, but your mileage may vary.)
My family is a supplier for Ocean Spray, so I have to make a pitch for cranberry things, and thus: Cranberry nut bread. Recipes abound. (I use my grandmother's recipe, myself, but I ain't givin' that out to nobody.)
My family's clambakes were also very, very close to the clambake recipe you link to -- we didn't have any chicken and we'd have fish filets instead of the lobster, and would add sweet potatoes to the mix. But it still all got cooked together like that, which was what made the recipe work.
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Your lobster roll recipe sounds great but like chowder recipes it's subject to regional variations. Here in Connecticut we serve them hot, covered in melted butter, on a split top hot dog roll, preferably grilled.
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You forgot some of the best Rhode Island foods!
-Coffee Milk
-Hot Weiners
-Dough Boys
-Clam cakes
-Sea snail salad
-Birch beer
Don't be hatin'.
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Um. Bostonian here. I've never heard of Indian Pudding as a breakfast dish. It's my father and grandfather's favorite dessert. And it takes 3 hours or so to cook!
Not breakfast.
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When in Rhode island, don't forget the frappe and cabinet!
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Scaramouche - yes to Coffee Milk and Clam Cakes - you must be either from Southeastern Mass, New Bedford Fall River area or RI.
What about Clam Boils! WE ate these more than clam bakes.
Chorico and peppers.
Del's Lemonade.
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