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Oak Alley Restaurant
Crawfish Stuffed Potatoes
Ingredients
6 medium baking potatoes
4 Tbsp. butter
½ cup onion, chopped
1 lb. crawfish tails
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp. evaporated milk
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. black pepper
½ tsp. cayenne pepper
2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
½ tsp. paprika
Get the recipe here: http://oakalleyplantation.com/visiting/restaurant/
recipe
ALLIGATOR SAUCE PIQUANTE
Ingredients
* 2 - 3 lbs. alligator meat, OR
o (turtle meat or rabbit or froglegs or pork or squirrel or raccoon or any good game meat -- or shrimp or chicken will work nicely as well)
* 3 onions
* 3 bell peppers
* 5 ribs celery
* 3 - 5 cloves garlic (or one head Creole hot garlic)
* 2 fresh mild green chiles (Anaheim or New Mexico)
* 1 - 2 jalapeno or serrano or habanero chiles (optional)
* Oil for sauteing
* 3 tablespoons oil (for the roux)
* 3 tablespoons flour (for the roux)
* 1 can crushed tomatoes and 2 cans Ro-tel tomatoes (if unavailable, use regular stewed tomatoes and add more hot chiles)
* 1 small can tomato paste
* 1/2 cup red wine
* 1 to 1 1/2 cups stock or broth
* 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
* 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
* 2 teaspoons black pepper
* 1 teaspoon white pepper
* 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary leaves, OR
o 1-1/2 teaspoons dried rosemary leaves
* 1-1/2 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves, OR
o 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
* Salt to taste
Get the recipe here:
http://www.gumbopages.com/food/
seafood/piquante.html
CRAWFISH PIE
Ingredients
* 4 tablespoons butter
* 1/2 cup onion, minced
* 1/4 cup scallions, minced
* 1/2 cup celery, minced
* 1/4 cup red bell pepper, minced
* 1/4 cup green bell pepper, minced
* 1 tablespoon Creole seasoning blend
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 2 tablespoons flour
* 1-1/2 pounds cooked crawfish tail meat (from 8-10 pounds live crawfish), or processed crawfish tail meat (about 3 cups)
* 1/2-1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
* 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
* 3 cloves garlic, minced
* 1/2 cup heavy cream or nonfat yogurt
* 1 egg, beaten
* 2 tablespoons bread crumbs
* One 9-inch piecrust, buttered
Get the recipe here:
http://www.gumbopages.com/food/
seafood/craw-pie.html
Oysters Rockefeller
Ingredients
* Two dozen fresh oysters on the half shell, oyster liquor reserved
* 4 springs flat-leaf Italian parsley
* 4 green onions (including the green part)
* A handful of fresh celery leaves
* At least 6 fresh tarragon leaves
* At least 6 fresh chervil leaves
* 1/2 cup dried fresh French bread crumbs (homemade, not out of a can)
* 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened (hey, it's supposed to be "rich enough for Rockefeller"!)
* Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
* Tabasco or Crystal hot sauce, to taste
* 2 tablespoons Herbsaint or Pernod (optional)
* Rock salt or kosher salt
Get the recipe here:
http://www.gumbopages.com/food/
app/erstas-rock.html
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