RECIPE FOR: Celebration Yabbies (Freshwater Crayfish)

Ingredients:
2 cloves crushed garlic
2 teaspoon grated or finely slivered fresh ginger root.
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup fish stock
½ cup stones ginger wine or white wine
¼ cup sheet sherry and ¼ cup port
1 cup cream
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
salt or soy sauce to taste
1-2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar.

Method
Stun the yabbies by placing in the freezer for 30 minutes
Add to pot of boiling water in one layer. There has to be enough liquid to kill the stunned yabbies quickly.  Turn over if necessary.  Remove when they turn red.
In a frying pan, gently fry garlic and ginger in butter to soften
Add stock, wine and sherry, simmer for 2-3 mins
Add cream, and boil rapidly until reduced by half.
Cut butter into small cubes and whisk into the sauce.
Add salt and pepper, then a splash of balsamic vinegar.
Return yabbies to sauce and heat through
Serve with steamed rice.

 

 

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