Crawfish Elegante Dip

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (16 ounce) package crawfish, peeled
• 1/2 cup butter, divided in half
• 1 bunch green onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup flat leaf parsley, chopped
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 pint half-and-half cream
• 3 tablespoons dry sherry
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
• salt, to taste
• black pepper, to taste
• cracked red peppercorns, to taste

Recipe

• 1 in a large heavy skillet melt 1/4 cup butter.
• 2 add crawfish and saute 10 minutes.
• 3 in another large skillet melt the remaining 1/4 cup butter and saute the green onions, garlic and parsley.
• 4 blend in the flour with the onion mixture and gradually add the cream, stirring constantly to make a thick sauce.
• 5 add the sherry and the crawfish to the cream sauce and the seasonings to taste, mixing well.