In this post I want to share the cooking rules one of my favorite crayfish delicacies.
They have long been an alternative to seafood and are a very tasty snack for white wine, beer and fresh juice. You can also make tasty fillings for burgers and salads from crayfish meat.
In Ukraine, crayfish can be purchased at a price of $ 6 a kilogram in the summer and $ 15 a kilogram in the winter, since it is harder to get them during the cold season.
Before you cook this delicacy you need to remember:
- You need to cook only live fresh crayfish. Choosing crayfish, pay attention to their tails - in a live cancer, the tail is tightly pressed to the abdomen.
- They catch and cook crayfish from May to October; the most delicious are crayfish caught in early autumn.
- Before cooking, soak them for 2 hours in order to remove the dirt.After that, rinse thoroughly under running water (gourmets are soaked in crayfish in milk, thus making the meat more juicy).
On average, crayfish boil for 10-15 minutes in boiling water. Pay attention - it is in boiling. That is, the countdown of how many minutes to cook the crayfish should be kept from the moment of boiling! It is possible to determine whether crayfish are ready or not by their color - after boiling, their color changes to bright red.
Classic recipe. What do you need?
- deep saucepan
- water - 2 liters
- 50 gr. fresh dill
- Salt - 2-4 Art. spoons
- Pepper peas - 1 tbsp. spoon
- laurel leaf - 5-7 leaflets.
Boil water and put pepper in it, bay leaf, dill, salt. Let the water with spices boil for a couple of minutes so that the pepper, bay leaf and dill give it their flavor. Put prepared live crayfish into boiling water. Let the water boil and boil the crayfish on high heat for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat, cover and let the crayfish stand in hot water for another 10 minutes. You can serve to the table, decorated with greens and lemon wedges.
Boiled crayfish are eaten starting from the tail. This meat is the most tender and juicy.If you got caviar, do not deny yourself the pleasure to try it. It is very tasty and healthy. If you remove the shell from thin legs, then there is also meat under them, it is quite tasty. Keep in mind that meat that is between the head and the back under the shell may slightly bitter.
My family loves this delicacy, so I pampered my father for his birthday with a bouquet of crayfish.)))
It can be done with the help of layfaks on the Internet with your own hands or purchased for $ 15-20 from a master.as I did)))