Crawfish Butter

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter
• 1 lb of louisiana crawfish tail
• 5 -6 whole garlic cloves
• 1 shallot, diced
• 3 tablespoons cajun seasoning
• 1/3 cup dry wine
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon dried basil
• 1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• salt & pepper

Recipe

• 1 leave butter at room temperature for about 1 hour before starting recipe.
• 2 sauté crawfish over med heat with 1 tablespoon of cajun seasoning for 3 minutes. add wine and garlic and simmer till evaporated. set aside to cool about 5 minutes.
• 3 in a food processor combine butter, crawfish and rest of ingredients. process until all ingredients are incorporated evenly throughout butter.
• 4 spread butter mixture out on a plastic wrap and roll into a log. wrap with a second coating of plastic wrap and seal the ends by twisting. place in a sealed bag and freeze till solid.
• 5 slice off as needed.
• 6 chef: michael o'boyle.
• 7 credits: chickenfriedgourmet.com.