Cajun Caviar

Leslie in Texas's Note:

This recipe came on a postcard in the mail from a group of realtors.I took it as an appetizer to a party and it was gobbled up!Make sure you have plenty of crusty French bread slices to serve with this and to mop up the yummy sauce!

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 cup butter
• ½ lb small shrimp , peeled
• ½ lb crayfish tail , peeled (available in the freezer section here in Texas)
• 1 cup onion , diced
• 1 cup celery , diced
• 1 cup bell pepper , diced
• 1 ½ tablespoons creole seasoning
• 1 tablespoon garlic , minced
• 1 ½ tablespoons dried basil
• 1 ½ tablespoons dried thyme
• 1 ½ tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 ½ tablespoons tomato sauce
• salt
• hot sauce
• 1 cup green onion , diced with green tops

Directions:

1. In a heavy skillet, heat 1 stick butter to sizzling.
2. Saute' shrimp and crawfish on high heat for 4 minutes, then remove with slotted spoon, draining juices back into pan.
3. Finely chop, but do not puree, seafood in food processor and set aside.
4. Mince onions, celery and green pepper in food processor, then place in sieve to drain off excess liquid.
5. Preheat skillet, adding the remaining stick of butter.
6. Add creole seasoning and vegetables and saute' on high heat for 5 minutes.
7. Reduce heat and stir in basil, thyme,garlic and cook for 5 minutes longer.
8. Add seafood, Worcestershire, flour and tomato paste to the vegetable mixture. Cook and stir for 5 minutes.
9. Add the green onions, salt, and hot sauce to taste and cook for 5 more minutes.
10. Serve warm, spread on crusty French bread slices. Garlic bread slices are also good too!

Reviews

[Texas Tornado]

This is really good. I followed your suggestion of spreading it on French bread and ended up eating most of it by myself, in one sitting!Thanks!