Recipe - Arnauds Crawfish Bisque

2 pound Live crawfish
Garlic
1 ga Water
Black peppercorns
1 cup Vegetable oil
Bay leaves
1 One half cup Allpurpose flour
1 cup Finely minced onion
2 teaspoon Chopped parsley
2 teaspoon Chopped green onions
1 teaspoon Fresh ground black pepper
1 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon Whole dried thyme
3 tablespoon Tomato paste
1 cn Rotel tomatoes
Salt

Place crawfish in a large bowl and sprinkle with all but 3 tsp. of the
salt. Allow to set for 20 minutes. Bring one gallon water to a boil in a 6
quart stock pot. Wash crawfish in several changes of fresh water until the
water runs clear. Add the clean crawfish to the stockpot and bring the
water back to a boil.

In a heavy gauge pot, heat oil until very hot. Add flour, stirring
constantly until the roux turns dark chestnut in color. Add garlic, bay
leaves, black peppercorns and thyme. When the garlic is blonde, add onions,
celery and bell peppers. When onions are translucent, add tomato paste and
lower heat. When paste is cooked out, add Rotel tomatoes.

Drain the crawfish, reserving the liquid. Peel. Pass the crawfish and the
liquid through a food mill, strain and add One half of the liquid to the roux
and bring to a boil. Smooth out paste and add remaining liquid to the roux.
Bring to a boil, then lower heat to simmer for one hour. Adjust seasonings
with salt, cayenne Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce. Serve very hot.
Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 510 by jecraig@laninc.com on
Jan 13, 98