blue crab

Course: 
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Creole mustard or any coarse, grainy brown mustard
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • ¼ cup nonpareil capers, drained
  • ¼ cup chopped scallions (green and white parts)
  • 1 tablespoon chopped curly parsley
  • salt and freshly ground white pepper to taste
  • 1 pound jumbo lump crabmeat
  • 1 small head of iceberg lettuce, washed, dried and cut into thin ribbons
  • 2 medium vine ripened tomatoes, cored and cut into six 1 inch thick slices

Galatoire's Crabmeat Maison

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Course: 
  • 10 gallons water
  • 3 dozen live Louisiana crabs
  • 1 8-ounce bottle Zatarain’s liquid crab boil
  • 1 cup iodized salt
  • 3 pounds Zatarain’s Pro Boil
  • 1 cup cayenne pepper
  • 2 cups lemon juice
  • 6 lemons, halved
  • 6 oranges, halved
  • 4 large yellow onions, halved
  • 2 pounds small red bliss potatoes
  • 3 heads garlic, tops cut off to expose toes
  • 1 pound fresh button mushrooms
  • 2 pounds smoked sausage, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 6 ears fresh or frozen corn, snapped in half
  • 10 pounds  Louisiana shrimp
  • 1 5-pound bag of ice

Louisiana Seafood Boil

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