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Caramelised brown sugar, butter and cream candy studded with toasted Louisiana pecans, cooked to soft-ball stage and dropped onto marble until set into rough, sugar-grain discs. The French Quarter sweet-shop signature.
New Orleans pralines descend from the French sugared-almond praline brought by Ursuline nuns in the 1720s. By the 19th century, free women of colour (les marchandes) sold them on French Quarter street corners. Today Aunt Sally's, Leah's Pralines and Southern Candymakers are the canonical Quarter producers; Croissant D'Or carries them year-round.
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Levee Baking Co in New Orleans is Christina Balzebre's Uptown levain bakery just off Magazine Street at 9th, with sourdough loaves, kouign-amann and a Cuban.
TipBread sells out by 11:00 on Saturday; pastries hold longer. Cash discount at the register.
Cochon Butcher in New Orleans is the Donald Link sandwich counter and butcher case beside Cochon, with a muffuletta and Le Pig Mac that have outsold.
OrderThe muffuletta with the house olive salad. Add the Le Pig Mac.
TipLunchtime is queued; come at 11:00 or after 14:00. Same kitchen as Cochon, faster turn.
Croissant D'Or in New Orleans is the French Quarter patisserie on Ursulines Avenue, in a 1913 Brocato's ice cream shop space, with classic French pastry.
TipThe almond croissant is the cult order; the back courtyard is the Quarter's most-pleasant hidden cafe seat.
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