I am submitting this recipe for pasta with crayfish and mushrooms to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Chez Cayenne
When Dave and I moved to Gordons Bay we were really struggling. We were lucky enough to be invited to join someone crayfishing and this became our standard protein of choice. Crayfish as eaten steamed, poached, grilled, braaid and in every combination of pasta you can imagine. I made crayfish macaroni cheese on more than one occasion. Now, we go out crayfishing for the love of the water, and we have a freezer full of tails for the special meals with friends. This pasta dish is a lovely way to use your crayfish if you too have an excess of them.
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 4 spring onions, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 chilli, left whole
- 125g mushrooms, sliced
- 2 crayfish tails, steamed and cut into thick slices
- 1 tablespoon cream
- 25g Parmesan, grated
- small handful flat leaf parsley, chopped
- While your pasta is cooking, heat the butter in a large frying pan
- Sauté the spring onions and garlic until soft
- Add the chilli and the mushrooms
- As soon as the mushrooms are cooked, remove the chilli
- Add the crayfish and allow to warm through
- Add the cream and the Parmesan
- Toss the cooked pasta through the sauce
- Serve garnished with the parsley
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PS I know this is my second crayfish pasta submission but I am not at home and had this one ready to press!
Love this pasta recipe!! Are you still not home? Hugs!
back at work as I type – a long time to be away 🙂 Hugs to you xxx
What a great way to use something you have an abundance of. Thanks for sending this over to Presto Pasta Nights!
thanks for the visit Claire 🙂
I think it’s time hubby got a crayfish licence again.
it is so worth it 🙂
Buona! Buonissima!! I love crayfish pasta but I only have it at restaurant. I don’t know why, cooking seafood always scares me…
grazie! Maybe we can teach each other a few recipes if I ever get to your part of Italy 🙂
It would be wonderful! Maybe you can come with Cindy if she wins the trip!!! 😀
for sure I am coming with Cindy!
Cindy said it before I could.
🙂 Mandy
I could not think of anything else to say!
Excess of crayfish? Only in my dreams ;p
told you, there is a corner plot for sale #wecouldbeneighbours 🙂