Boiled crawfish yesterday, and have about a pound of tails that I peeled. I want to make a pasta w them, and have an idea of what I want in the sauce based on an instagram story I saw.

I have no idea about the quantities though.

I'm guessing one each of onion and peppers, and ~4 cloves of garlic. No idea on wine and cream though. Also, what kind of wine? Is there cooking wine or do I just use regular white wine?

No comment on the recipe, but don't get "cooking wine". Just use some of whatever wine you'll have with dinner.

I'd add the wine, let it reduce to a little thinner than you want the sauce to be, then add in enough cream to thicken it to the consistency you want the sauce. Hope it turns out well.

And save a cup of the pasta water to work into your sauce. You may not need it all but adding some will result in a better sauce.

Add a cup of wine can cook out until almost completely evaporated and the add double the heavy cream of the final volume and reduce by close to half. Add the mud bugs in last and just re-warm through

FIDO*98* said:

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Add a cup of wine can cook out until almost completely evaporated and the add double the heavy cream of the final volume and reduce by close to half. Add the mud bugs in last and just re-warm through

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So add 2x what is left after I cook down w/ wine?

Double the volume you want your sauce to be then simmer it to reduce till it's the consistency you want. Finishing the pasta in the sauce will also help the consistency

tandy miller said:

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FIDO*98* said:

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Add a cup of wine can cook out until almost completely evaporated and the add double the heavy cream of the final volume and reduce by close to half. Add the mud bugs in last and just re-warm through

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So add 2x what is left after I cook down w/ wine?

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If your goal is about 2-2.5 cups of sauce, start with 4c heavy cream

Really good recipe Crawfish Cannelloni

https://acadianatable.com/2021/06/14/crawfish-cannelloni/

Did a test run w some shrimp. Cooked just for me.

1/2 sweet onion
2 cloves garlic
1/2 bell pepper
1 Jalapeño
1/2 cup Chardonnay + a couple more pours

2 cups cream + probably another 1/2 cup
Handful grated parm
Handful flat parsley
Juice from 1 lemon
Probably 2 tsp old bay
~1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
Couple shakes cayenne
Couple shakes Tony's
Pepper

Half ladle pasta water.

What I learned:
-Should have let veggies cook down a bit more
-needed more cream
-a little spicy.

Overall pretty good considering my lack of experience replicating recipies





Would definitely do again

That looks edible!

That looks great!

Looks great! Add a couple of ounces cream cheese next time - great thickener for this type of sauce.

Did it w/ crawfish. Holy **** this was good. Gonna be making this a lot moving forward.

What I ended up doing more or less

Pasta Sauce

Ingredients:

1# cooked crawfish tails (peeled)
5 cloves garlic
3/4-1 sweet onion
1 jalapeño
1 Bell Pepper
2 lemons
~1c dry white wine
~2c heavy cream
Crushed red pepper
Old Bay
Butter
Salt
Pepper
Tony's/chupacabra/slap your mama
Parmesan Cheese


Mince up garlic, peppers and onion. Throw in saucepan w/ wine, some salt, and a dab of butter. Cook until veggies are soft and wine has reduced to about 1/3-1/2.

Add in cream, crawfish, a couple fistfuls of Parm, lemon juice, and seasoning. I start w/ 2 tablespoons of old bay, a couple shakes crushed red pepper, salt, pepper, and a little chupacabra and then adjust from there. Bring to a boil and then simmer to thicken.

Add in a half ladle or so of pasta water… I use linguini

Fed 4 w/ a 1 meal leftover