Crawfish Crêpes Recipes

CRAWFISH ETOUFFEE

Steps:

• In a large oval roasting pan or large pot, heat the vegetable oil on medium-high heat for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a separate saucepot, add the chopped crawfish, butter, paprika, 2 quarts of the seafood stock and 2 ounces of the Creole seasoning, bring to a boil and lower to a simmer.
• When the oil in the roasting pan is hot, stir in the flour and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture is medium brown in color (a similar color to peanut butter). Turn off the heat and immediately add the onions, bell peppers and celery. Add the hot sauce, Worcestershire, black pepper, parsley flakes, granulated garlic, cayenne, basil, bay leaves and remaining 2 ounces Creole seasoning, stirring constantly. Add the tomato soup and remaining 8 quarts seafood stock and stir. Bring the mixture back to a boil over medium-high heat and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring. Add the crawfish and butter mixture and continue cooking for 30 minutes, stirring regularly. Stir in the cream of mushroom soup and simmer for another 30 minutes. Add the whole crawfish tails and remove from the heat.

SEAFOOD CREPES

Steps:

• In medium bowl, beat all crepe ingredients with wire whisk or hand beater until smooth. For each crepe, lightly butter 7- or 8-inch skillet; heat over medium heat until bubbly. Pour slightly less than 1/4 cup batter into skillet; rotate skillet until batter covers bottom. Cook until light brown; turn and cook other side until light brown. Stack crepes, placing waxed paper between each. Keep crepes covered to prevent them from drying out.
• In 2-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Cook mushrooms and 2 tablespoons of the onions in butter, stirring occasionally, until onions are tender. Stir in shrimp, crabmeat, half-and-half and cream cheese. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until cheese is melted.
• Spoon about 1/4 cup seafood mixture down center of each crepe; roll up. Place in 11x7-inch (2-quart) glass baking dish. Sprinkle with Swiss cheese.
• Microwave uncovered on High 4 to 6 minutes or until cheese is melted and crepes are heated through. Sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons onions.

BUCKWHEAT CRêPES

Steps:

• Place the milk, water, eggs and salt in a blender. Cover the blender, and turn on at low speed. Add the flours, then the canola oil, and increase the speed to high. Blend for one minute. Transfer to a bowl, cover and refrigerate for one to two hours.
• Place a seasoned 7- or 8-inch crêpe pan over medium heat. Brush with butter or oil, and when the pan is hot, remove from the heat and ladle in about 3 tablespoons batter. Tilt or swirl the pan to distribute the batter evenly, and return to the heat. Cook for about one minute, until you can easily loosen the edges with a spatula. Turn and cook on the other side for 30 seconds. Turn onto a plate. Continue until all of the batter is used.
• Bring a large pot of generously salted water to a boil, and add the spinach. Blanch for 20 seconds, and transfer to a bowl of ice water. Drain and squeeze dry. Chop and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat the crêpes in a dry skillet over medium heat (or use the skillet you used to fry your eggs). Top with a spoonful of spinach, and top the spinach with the egg, setting the egg to one side so you can fold the crêpe over. Sprinkle the cheese over the top, fold the crêpe over, and transfer to a plate with a spatula. Serve hot.

CRAWFISH FETTUCCINE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute the onion, red pepper, green onions and celery in butter until vegetables are crisp-tender, 5 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in flour until blended; cook and stir, 2 minutes. Add the cheese, cream, jalapeno and salt; cook and stir until mixture is thickened and cheese is melted, 10 minutes. , Meanwhile, cook fettuccine according to package directions; drain. Stir fettuccine and crawfish into the vegetable mixture. Cook, uncovered, over medium heat until heated through, 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

CRAWFISH QUICHE

Steps:

• Combine the flour, 1 teaspoon of the salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of the cayenne in a medium mixing bowl. Cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles a coarse, meal-like texture. Add the water, 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing gently until the mixture forms a dough. Form the dough into a ball, wrap with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 8 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Remove the dough from the refrigerator and allow it to sit at room temperature for about 5 minutes. Lightly dust a work surface with flour. Roll the dough into a 12-inch round, about 1/4-inch thick. Fold the dough into fourths and unfold into a 10-inch fluted (quiche) pan. Press the dough into the bottoms and sides of the pan, using your fingers. Roll a wooden rolling pin over the pan to cut off or remove the excess dough. Prick the bottom of the crust all over with a fork. Place a piece of parchment paper over the crust and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake the weighted crust for 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool slightly. Remove parchment paper and pie weights.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 375 degrees F.
• Melt the butter in a medium saute pan over medium heat. Add the onions, bell peppers, garlic, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne. Saute for 3 minutes. Add the crawfish tails and saute for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool slightly.
• In a mixing bowl, whisk together the cream, eggs, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, chives, and grated Parmesan. Arrange the crawfish mixture evenly into the pastry shell. Sprinkle the grated cheeses over the crawfish. Pour the cream mixture over the crawfish. Place in the oven and bake for about 30 minutes, or until the center sets and the top is golden. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes, before slicing. Garnish with fresh chives and serve warm.

CRAWFISH CREPES

Steps:

• Topping: Place oil in a saute pan. Add onions and peppers and saute until softened. Add tomato, garlic, and creole seasoning; saute 30 seconds. Add wine, saute 30 seconds more, then cream, butter, and crawfish tails. Heat through. Mix cornstarch with water and add to pan. Simmer a few minutes to thicken. If additional thickening is needed, add a little more cornstarch dissolved in a small amount of water. Adjust seasoning as needed and pour over warm crepes. Crepe filling: Mix all ingredients together, divide between 12 large crepes or 24 mini crepes. Crepes: In a blender, combine all of the ingredients and pulse for 10 seconds. Place the crepe batter in the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes and up to 1 day. (I skipped this step and they were still great. No problems with tearing.) This allows the bubbles to subside so the crepes will be less likely to tear during cooking. Heat a flat griddle to 350 degreees. Add a light coat of butter to the griddle. Pour 1 oz batter for large crepes, or 2 tbsp batter for mini crepes. Use bottom of measuring cup to spread batter in thin circles. No need to add more butter for next batch. Cook until batter is no longer white, about 30 seconds and flip. Cook for another 10 seconds and remove to cooling rack. Lay them out flat so they can cool. Continue until all batter is gone. After they have cooled you can stack them and store in sealable plastic bags in the refrigerator for several days or in the freezer for up to two months. When using frozen crepes, thaw on a rack before gently peeling apart. Assembly: Lightly spray a large glass baking dish with non-stick spray. Divide filling among crepes. Roll and place in baking dish, seam side down. (Can be covered and refrigerated at this point.) Heat in 350 degree oven for 15-20 minutes. Place 2 mini crepes on a plate and top with crawfish topping.

CLASSIC CRêPES

Steps:

• Sift the flour with a pinch of salt into a medium-size bowl and make a well in the middle. Mix the milk and 100ml of water together. Break the eggs into the well and start whisking slowly. Add the milk and water in a steady stream, whisking constantly and gradually incorporating the flour as you do so.
• Whisk until the batter is smooth and all the flour has been incorporated. Set the batter aside to rest for 30 mins, then whisk the melted butter into the batter.
• Heat the pan over a medium heat. Very lightly grease the pan with melted butter. Using a ladle, pour roughly 2 tbsp of batter into the pan and swirl it around so the bottom of the pan is evenly coated. You want to use just enough batter to make a delicate, lacy pancake. Cook the pancake for about 45 secs on one side until golden and then using a palette knife or fish slice, flip the pancake over and cook the other side for about 30 secs until it freckles.
• Slide the pancake out of the pan and either serve immediately or stack on a plate with baking parchment in between. Continue until all the batter is used up.