First World Supper

I have been meaning to write on my Blog about my boys trip to the Transkei coast. I've got the ideas and the pics but need to spend the time writing it. - stay tuned.

The reason I tell you this now is that we bought some amazing crayfish while down there ... and tonight I had a crack at cooking them. 

The recipe below is thanks to "Old man Grahame" a distinguished old bugger that I met on the Transkei trip - and man that knows how to cook.

Before you start make sure you have the recipe and the most important ingredient 

Ingredients:

• 10 Crayfish tails
• 10 tsp Butter
• 10 tsp Flour
• 250 ml Cream
• 500 ml Chicken stock
• Medium Cream Sherry
• 1 ½ cups fresh white bread crumbs

Boil crayfish for no more than 10 minutes (from frozen).  

Strip the meat and keep the

shells. Melt 1 tsp of butter per tail, add equal quantity of flour.

Add 250 ml cream and

500 ml chicken stock. Stir to make a smooth sauce and add crayfish meat. Simmer gently

for 10 minutes, season with salt, pepper etc. and add medium cream sherry to taste. Mix

in 1 cup of fresh white bread crumbs. 

Spoon the meat & sauce into the shells, sprinkle

with fresh bread crumbs and knobs of butter and place under a hot grill until golden

brown

Serve with Salad and wine (if you think that's a good idea).