Famous Maryland Foods
These Famous Maryland Foods include classics like crab cakes, Berger cookies, stuffed ham, steamed crabs, Smith Island cake, and caramel cream candies. These popular recipes will remind you of the best part of being in Maryland.
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Most people know Maryland for its proximity to the Chesapeake Bay. However, it also boasts local blue crabs. Additionally, the national anthem was first written there.
These 10 food categories include three recipes each from notable professional chefs and home chefs with the recipe testing and dish development done for you. All you need to do is enjoy the wonderful combinations that make these dishes uniquely Maryland.
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Steamed Crabs
Crabs steamed or boiled are famous in Maryland. The delicious meat is then dipped in clarified or melted butter.
2. Crab Cakes
Cooks use fresh crab to make crab patties. They then fry them. These patties are delicious as an appetizer. Enjoy them with a dipping sauce.
Pit Beef
Cooks make this famous Maryland food with a large beef shoulder. They cover it with a dry rub and grill it. Then, they cut it into deli-style slices. They pile it on a bun with white onions, horseradish, and mayonnaise.
4. Berger Cookies
Soft and cake-like cookies are covered with chocolate icing on one side.
5. Smith Island Cake
This state dessert features a cake with around 10 thin layers. Bakers use yellow cake filled with chocolate fudge icing. They also top it with chocolate fudge icing.
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Cream of Crab Soup
This thick and creamy crab soup is made with lump crab, lemon, Old Bay seasoning, butter, half and half, salt, and pepper.
7. Stuffed Ham
This famous Maryland food is a traditional Thanksgiving dish in southern Maryland. A large ham is stuffed with spiced greens and baked.
- Southern Maryland Stuffed Ham Recipe
- Stuffed Ham with Raisin Sauce Recipe
- Maryland Stuffed Ham Recipe
8. Oysters
Fresh oysters from the coast are one of Maryland’s most popular dishes. They can be grilled, sauteed, or baked.
Rockfish
This flaky white fish is often cooked whole and can be baked, steamed, poached, or sauteed. These recipes give you some different varieties of flavors for these famous Maryland fish.
10. Caramel Creams (Cow Tails)
These caramel candies are filled with a cream filling and are a classic Maryland treat.
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