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Millie Peartree — the sensible thoughts behind these beloved recipes for rasta pasta, jerk rooster meatballs and brown-butter chocolate chip cookies — has shared with us 5 new recipes for a Juneteenth feast. They’re daring and vivid, in each coloration and taste: garlicky rooster sandwiches with purple cabbage slaw; strong roasted shrimp jambalaya; and a flushed, fiery strawberry-ginger limeade.
“Red meals are customary for Juneteenth, the annual commemoration of the releasing of the final enslaved Africans in Galveston, Texas, two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation,” Millie writes. “The scarlet hue symbolizes ingenuity and resilience whereas in bondage. It’s been three years since Juneteenth turned a nationwide vacation, and persons are carving out their very own traditions.”
Make all of them collectively as a beneficiant, joyous menu, or combine and match with different favorites from our assortment of Juneteenth recipes. Pair the crispy okra with spicy honey sauce — a model of a dish Kwame Onwuachi serves at his acclaimed restaurant Tatiana in New York City — with Tejal Rao’s fried rooster biscuits with sizzling honey butter for a spicy-sweet feast. Borrow the purple cabbage slaw from the sandwiches and pair it with Millie’s sweet-tea-brined roast rooster for a lush (however largely hands-off) dinner; observe that together with her sock-it-to-me cake to actually stick the touchdown. Jollof rice? Shrimp salad? A welcoming, one-pot dinner of Jamaican curry rooster and potatoes? Whatever you do, don’t skip these strawberry pretzel bars, as a result of, nicely, simply take a look at them.
