Stuffed Soft-Shell Crawfish

25 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 24 each crawfish tails soft-shell, fresh
  • 1 x buttermilk
  • 1 x vegetable oil for frying
  • 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
  • 1 x flour, all-purpose
  • 1 x hollandaise sauce
  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine
  • 1/2 cup onions minced
  • 1/2 cup parsley leaves chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 each eggs beaten
  • 4 cups bread crumbs
  • 1 tablespoon flour, all-purpose
  • 1 tablespoon garlic minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 4 cups bread white, chopped
  • 2 pounds crawfish tails chopped
  • 10 each egg yolks
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cup tarragon vinegar
  • 1 pound butter melted
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup cream sherry
  • 1/2 teaspoon red hot pepper sauce

Directions

  1. 1
    Remove top shell from each crawfish and the two calcium deposits (hard, stonelike substances above eyes), discard.
  2. 2
    Replace shell with Crawfish Stuffing (stuffing can be applied easily with pastry bag).
  3. 3
    Dip crawfish first in buttermilk, then flour; fry to a golden brown.
  4. 4
    Cover with Hollandaise sauce and serve CRAWFISH STUFFING: Melt butter in large saucepan; add flour and stir over heat until light brown.
  5. 5
    Add onion and garlic; saute.
  6. 6
    Remove from heat; add parsley, seasonings, egg, chopped brad and crawfish talis and stir until mixed.
  7. 7
    HOLLANDAISE SAUCE: Combine all ingredients except butter in top of double boiler.
  8. 8
    Heat water in bottom of double boiler to boiling point.
  9. 9
    With whisk, mix egg mixture over hot water until egg is creamy and lemon-colored (will thicken to consistency of soft pudding).
  10. 10
    Remove from heat and continue to whisk while slowly adding butter.

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