Name: Crawfish Bourbon Orleans
Ingredients: 1 c Fish stock (see recipe) or canned fish broth reduced to or-; 1 tb Shrimp base mixed with: hot water; 1 tb Minced shallots; 1 tb Minced garlic; 2 tb Butter; 1 lb Crawfish tail meat; cooked and peeled; 2 tb White wine; 4 tb Bourbon whiskey; 2 c Heavy cream or Half-and-Half; 1 tb Butter; Salt & pepper to taste (be careful on the salt)

The Bible warns against being self-willed or creating factions. Furthermore, James tells us that when it comes in corporate worship, we should not play favorites or create distinctions among one another. Of course, we celebrate family and friendships, but Sunday morning is not to celebrate the people we like the most. It is to celebrate the oneness we have in Christ with each other. That’s what makes us different than the world. That’s what heaven is all about. That’s a biblical church with one accord with each other, not several factions splintered among family and friendship distinctions or at worse 'toxic tribalism.' That gets celebrated outside the body, but not when the body of Christ gathers. Understanding the balance calls for discernment and self-control and love. It calls for Christian maturity.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Seafood, Meats, Dairy	New Orleans	Seafood	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Fish stock (see recipe) or canned fish broth reduced to or-
1	tb	Shrimp base mixed with: hot water
1	tb	Minced shallots
1	tb	Minced garlic
2	tb	Butter
1	lb	Crawfish tail meat; cooked and peeled
2	tb	White wine
4	tb	Bourbon whiskey
2	c	Heavy cream or Half-and-Half
1	tb	Butter
		Salt & pepper to taste (be careful on the salt)

INSTRUCTIONS

I tasted this dish in a hotel in New Orleans that is now under new
management. The chef gave out the recipe and I was very taken by it. You
have got to love this one!
Reduce the stock to 1 tablespoon.
In large frying pan, saut. the shallots and garlic in 2 tablespoons of
butter until clear. Add the crawfish, reduced stock, wine, bourbon, and
salt and pepper. Flame, or light with a match, being very careful that
there are no children around . . . or nice guests for that matter. Add the
cream and reduce the sauce for 3 to 4 minutes. Finish the sauce by swirling
in the final tablespoon of butter.
We are talking rich here!
Serve over cooked pasta or rice, along with a green salad and Peas with
Salt Pork (see recipe).
From <The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American>.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe
Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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