Recipe(tried): Boiled Crawfish with Tomato-Mayonnaise Sauce

Boiled Crawfish with Tomato-Mayonnaise Sauce

1 quart water
1 tablespoons salt
4 crawfish tails, 10 - 12 ounces each
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon mustard
1 tablespoon lime juice

Heat water and salt to boiling. Add crawfish. Reduce heat and simmer about 10 minutes. Cool crawfish in pot or add ice for quick cooling. Remove and mince crawfish.

In a saucepan, heat butter; saut onion and garlic until onion is translucent.

Stir in mayonnaise and mustard. Add minced crawfish and heat through. Stir in limejuice. Scoop the mixture into crawfish shells.

Tomato Mayonnaise Sauce:
1 tomato medium and (ripe)
sprigs of fresh herbs
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 garlic clove
1/2 teaspoon salt

Core the tomato and cut it in chunks directly into a blender. Add the sprigs of fresh herbs, if using. Add the lemon juice, olive oil, garlic clove, and salt. Puree at high speed until the sauce is creamy and smooth. Taste and add salt and pepper to taste. Reserve in the blender until serving.