Essence of Emeril

Season 91994

Essence of Emeril is a Food Network show hosted by chef Emeril Lagasse. In each episode, Emeril shares with his viewers some of his 'kicked-up' recipes, similar to those on Emeril Live, but with a far calmer demeanor and quieter tone, and usually without the trademark apron that has become his Emeril Live uniform starting with the 2000 season.

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128 Episodes

E01 Pasta

November 16, 1994

E02 Eggplant

Summer Ratatouille, Eggplant Salad with Mushroom Dressing.

November 17, 1994

E03 Chicken

Roast Garlic Chicken and Vegetables, New Wave Chicken.

November 18, 1994

E04 Beef

Stuffed Filet of Beef with Bordelaise Sauce, Cowboy Steaks.

November 21, 1994

E05 Fish and Chips

Fish and Vinegar Chips, Fish and Chips with Tartar Sauce

November 22, 1994

E06 Turkey

Andouille Cornbread Stuffing, New Orleans Oyster Stuffing, Turkey Chili.

November 23, 1994

E07 Kale Soup

Kale and Chorizo Soup, New England Clam Chowder.

E08 Pate Choux

Herbed Profiteroles, Savory Filling, Cream or Jelly Profiteroles, Sweet Filling, Garlic Soup and Croutons.

E09 Soup

Garlic Soup with Croutons, Dr. E's Get Well Chicken and Vegetable Soup.

E10 Cream Soups

Corn Crab Bisque, Roasted Pepper Cream Soup.

E11 Gumbo

Seafood Okra Gumbo, Chicken Sausage Gumbo.

E12 Etouffee

Chicken Etouffee with Rice, Shrimp Etouffee No Roux.

E13 Shrimp

Seared Shrimp with Basil, Oil-Baked Stuffed Shrimp.

E14 Mirliton

Tomato Mirliton Relish, Lyonnaise Mirlitons, Baked Shrimp-Stuffed Mirlitons.

E15 Shellfish

Shellfish Preparation and Storage, Festival Crab Pies.

E16 Po'boy

Fried Oyster Po' Boy, Grilled Shrimp Po' Boy, Muffaletta Po' Boy.

E17 Artichoke

Artichoke Seafood Salad, Baked Stuffed Artichoke.

E18 Papiotte

Fish Covered in Parchment Paper, Shellfish with Sausage and Broth.

E19 Rice

Basic Rice Pilaf, Jambalaya with Smoked Sausage or Chicken, Leftover Rice with Fried Vegetables.

E20 Paneed Meats

Chicken with Creamed Garlic Potatoes and Braised Kale, Paneed Salmon with Dilled Creamy Pasta.

E21 Biscuits

Empanadas, Biscuits with Berry Fillings.

E22 Bbq

Texas Style BBQ Ribs, Nola Ribs, BBQ Shrimp with Jalapeño Biscuits.

E23 Cheesecakes

Goat Cheesecake, Smoked Salmon Cheesecake.

E24 Pork Chops

Pork Chops, Accompaniments, Mexican Mole Sauce, Tamarind Glaze, Caramelized Sweet Potatoes.

E25 Lamb

Leg of Lamb stuffed with Goat Cheese and Spinach Stuffing, Lamb Kabobs.

E26 Southwest Chicken

Chicken with Black Bean Chili, Guacamole, Salsa, Fried Tortilla Chips.

E27 Crusting

Fish with Potato Crust and Roasted Red Pepper Sauce, Andouille Crusted Scallops with Creole Mustard.

E28 Jambalaya

Cajun Jambalaya, Shrimp Creole.

E29 Bread Pudding

Sweet Potato Pecan Bread Pudding, Classic New Orleans Bread Pudding, Banana Chocolate Bread Pudding.

E30 East Coast Fish

Scrod with Onion Crisps, Swordfish with Mom's Portuguese Sauce.

E31 Brunch

Smoked Salmon, Poached Eggs, Grit Cakes, New Orleans Eggs, Eye Openers.

E32 Beignets

Plain Beignet, Crawfish Beignet, Banana Beignet.

E33 Oysters

Oysters Rockefeller, Oyster Soup.

E34 Stews

Navarin of Lamb Stew, Duck Stew with Dumplings.

E35 Roulades

Duck Roulade, Simple Roulade Sauces.

E36 Gravlox / salmon

Preparing and Curing Gravlax, Lemon and Dill Gravlax, Serving Gravlax.

E37 Down Home

Bernard's Southern Cooked Greens, Corn Bread, Dirty Rice, Southern Fried Chicken.

E38 Duck

Smothered Duck, Whole Duck with Citrus Rub.

E39 Cooking with Crust

Sweet Pie Dough, Old Fashioned Crisp, Wrapped Cobblers.

E40 Pecan Pies

Pie Dough, Sweet Potato Pecan Pie, Chocolate Pecan Pie.

E41 Chocolate

Chocolate-Pecan Fudge Cake, Chocolate Genoise with Raspberry Filling.

E42 Candies

Bourbon Balls, Rum Balls, Pralines.

E43 Sausage

Breakfast Sausage, Sausage Cabbage Bake.

E44 Portugese Memories

Bacalhau, Spicy Salt Cod Cakes, Miss Hilda's Favas.

E45 Stuffed Breads

Crawfish Breads, Chorizo Bread, Sausage Bread.

E46 Breads

Rosemary Flatbreads, Portuguese Sweet Bread, Quick Muffins.

E47 Legumes

Red Bean Soup, White Bean and Bacon Soup, Red Beans and Rice.

E48 Savory Cakes

New Orleans Crab Cakes, Leek and Goat Cheese.

E49 Truffles

Gaufrette Potatoes Topped with Cilantro Cream, New Potatoes with Grated Truffles.

E50 Hashes

Traditional Hash, Crab with Sweet Potato Hash, Sabayon.

E51 Eggs

Eggs with Sabayon and Truffles, Eggs Sardou.

E52 Dumplings

Ravioli, Pot Stickers, Gnocchi.

E53 Cheeses

Goat Cheese, Goat Cheese and Spinach Tart.

E54 Tarts

Pear Tart with Caramel Sauce, Upside-Down Spinach Tart, Bananas Foster Tart.

E55 Tuna

Tuna Steak with Guacamole and Salsa Cruda, Wok fried Tuna Salad, Sunday Tuna.

E56 Chilies

Crawfish Relleno, Green Chile Stew, Pine Nut-Crusted Chicken with Mole Sauce.

E57 Creative Pizza

Basic Pizza Dough, Portuguese Pizza, Lobster Pizza.

E58 Tamales

Basic Tamales, Spicy Duck Tamales, Chicken and Corn Tamales.

E59 Vietnamese

Crab and Sugar Cane Soup, Spring Rolls.

E60 Salsa

Basic Salsa, Mo's Mom's Encebollado, Creative Salsa, Tropical Fruit Salsa.

E61 French Toast

Chocolate French Toast, Norman's Down Under French Toast.

E62 Ribs

Baby Back Ribs, Braised Short Ribs, Cilantro Potato Salad.

E63 Sweet Potatoes

Gaufrette Sweet Potatoes Topped with Caviar and Chive Cream, Sweet Potato Crab Soup, Sweet Potato Crusted Fish.

E64 Thanksgiving

Chestnut Dressing, Turkey Roulade, Roast Turkey.

E65 Holiday Trimmings

Cranberry Sauce, Fig Preserves, Smothered Green Beans, Maque Choux, Beet Gratin.

E66 Flambee

Steak au Poivre, Flambeed Tangerines.

E67 Hors d'Oeuvres

Smoked Fish Mousse, Smoked Salmon Rosettes.

E68 Terrine/Pate

Pate, Terrine, Cumberland Sauce.

E69 Down-Home Treats

Chicken and Dumplings, Pork Chops with Ham Hock Gravy.

E70 Souffles

Bread Pudding Souffle, Whiskey Sauce.

E71 Tortillas

Quesadilla Tortilla, Pico De Gallo, Mini Tacos.

E72 Camp

Hearty Fish Stew, Duck Gumbo

E73 No Noodle Lasagna

Potato and Cheese Lasagna, Creole Lasagna, Ratatouille Lasagna.

E74 Spaghetti Squash

Stir-Fry with Chicken Breasts and Spaghetti Squash, Peppered Flounder with Herbed Spaghetti Squash.

E75 Risotto

Basic Risotto, Risotto Cakes.

E76 Gnocchi

Basic Gnocchi, Goat Cheese Gnocchi.

E77 Background Breads

Basic Dough, Parker House Rolls.

E78 Starters at Emeril's

Corn Cakes, Scallops with Andouille Crust Gratin.

E79 More Creative Soups

Chicken Tortilla Soup, Pumpkin Soup.

E80 Cooking with Apples

Pork Ribs with Kraut, Oven-Dried Apple Crisps with Chicken Salad.

E81 Mardi Gras

Country Jambalaya, Stewed Special Pork Chops with White Beans.

E82 Breakfast

Southwest Cheese Tart, Pico de Gallo, Pecan Pancakes with Boar Sausage.

E83 Brunch

Emeril's BLT, Poached Eggs over Chicken Andouille Cakes with Mustard Coulis.

E84 Whole Little Fish

Grilled Fish with Root Slaw, Crispy Whole Fried Fish, Bacon Potato Salad.

E85 Football Party

Homemade Party Mix, Chicken Enchiladas, Tin Can Margaritas.

E86 Szechuan

Salt-Fried Shrimp, Asian Beef and Shrimp Soup, Date and Pecan Firecrackers.

E87 Veal

Veal Blanquette with Soft Polenta, Veal Marsala.

E88 Portuguese Tapas

Piri Piri, Tapenade, Hilda's Salt Cod Fritters.

E89 Caribbean Influences

Pork Steaks with Coconut Rice, Conch Fritters.

E90 Shrimp

Anthony's Fire Cracker Shrimp, Shrimp Soup.

E91 Creative Chicken

Potato Crusted Chicken, Creole Succotash, Boursin Stuffed Chicken Breast, Walnuts and Spinach.

E92 Cooking with Cheese

Pear Strudel with Blue Cheese, Smoked Sturgeon and Caramelized Onion Cheese Cake.

E93 Creative Vegetables

Vegetable Tamales, Roasted Chili Sauce, Eggplant Caviar.

E94 Cream Pie

Mango and Coconut Pie with Mango Coulis, Chocolate Cream Pie.

E95 Chocolate

Basic Genoise, Chocolate Buttercream, Chocolate Designs.

E96 More Louisiana Specials

Deviled Crab, Oysters Mosca.

E97 Fruits with Main Dishes

Gingered Pears with Squab, Pork Tenderloin with Prunes and Pearl Onions.

E98 Grill Show

Barbecue Turkey, Grilled Prawns with Caviar.

E99 Gumbo Show

Gumbo Z'Herbes, Turkey Gumbo.

E100 Confit

Classically Seasoned Confit, Rilly Rillette, Pasta with Confit.

April 4, 1995

E101 Romantic Dinner

Salmon Tartare, Chateaubriand for Two, Strawberries Romanoff.

April 5, 1995

E102 Other Parts

Poached Sweetbreads with Mushroom Sauce, Calves Liver with Balsamic Apples and Pears.

April 6, 1995

E103 Squash

Winter Squash Chowder, Butternut Squash Spaetzle

April 7, 1995

E104 Radicchio

Baked Stuffed Radicchio, Scallop Radicchio Cups.

April 10, 1995

E105 Beef

Grilled Flank Steak on French Bread, Crawfish Stuffed Filet.

April 11, 1995

E106 Mushrooms

Ragout of Chanterelles with Route, Smoked Mushrooms with Tasso over Angel Hair Pasta.

April 12, 1995

E107 Portobello Mushrooms

Portobello and Barley Risotto with Parsnip Garnish.

April 13, 1995

E108 Couscous

Couscous Jambalaya, Dirty Quinoa.

April 14, 1995

E109 Easter Menu

Asparagus, Leg of Lamb with Goat Cheese, Pine Nuts and Apples and Mint, Rosemary Potatoes.

April 17, 1995

E110 Po' Boys

Cheesesteak Po' Boy, Oyster Po' Boy.

April 18, 1995

E111 Creative Pork

Paneed Pork Medallions with Herbed Spaetzle

April 19, 1995

E112 Pheasant and Squab

Pan Seared Squab with Foie Gras Rice, Stuffed Pheasant Roulade.

April 20, 1995

E113 Quail

Grillade Stuffed Quail, Andouille-Cheese Grit Cakes.

April 21, 1995

E114 St. Patrick's Day

Smoked Salmon Potato Cake, Cabbage-Potato Soup, Corned Beef Potato Hash.

April 24, 1995

E115 New New Orlean's Fish

Crispy Seared Snapper with Parsnip Slaw and Herb Jus, Annie's Peasant-Style Escolar.

April 25, 1995

E116 Doughnuts

Cake Doughnuts, Yeast Doughnuts.

April 26, 1995

E117 Napoleons

Funky Napoleon, Savory Napoleon.

April 27, 1995

E118 Crawfish

Crawfish Flat Cake with Chipotle Tartar, Stove-Top Crawfish.

April 28, 1995

E119 Potatoes

Leo Miller's Lyonnaise Potatoes, Nola's Mashed Red Potatoes, Caviar Potatoes, Gaufrette Potatoes.

May 1, 1995

E120 Pecans

Pecan Crusted Fish with Crab Relish, Pecan Meuniere Sauce.

May 2, 1995

E121 Creative Salad

Wilted Spinach, Baby Greens with Walnut Oil, Brioche Stuffed with Gingered Shrimp Salad.

May 3, 1995

E122 Pilaf

Basic Pilaf, Vegetable Pilaf, Pilaf with Chicken Livers and Pecans.

May 4, 1995

E123 Pasta

Green Lasagna, New Orleans Pasta.

May 5, 1995

E124 Scallops

Seared Scallops with Asparagus Relish.

May 8, 1995

E125 Bouillabaisse

One-Pot Fish Stock, Bouillabaisse with Rouille.

May 9, 1995

E126 One Pot Meals

New England Boiled Corned Beef, Mom's Portuguese Clam Bake.

May 10, 1995

E127 Flank Steak

London Broil, Flank Steak Pinwheels, Skirt Steak Brochette.

May 11, 1995

E128 Whole Gulf Fish

Roasted Stuffed Red Fish, Fried Flounder with Tartar Sauce, Herbed Grilled Trout with Portobello Mushrooms.

May 12, 1995