Recipe Tuesday Mardi Gras Style..Laissez bon temps roulez

Yes it is Fat Tuesday and today is a good day for Cajun food.  I stuffed myself at Pappadeaux's over the weekend and it was damn good.  Today I give you Crawfish Etoufee, Bananas Foster and a Hurricane recipe because what would Fat Tuesday be without a Hurricane

Crawfish Etouffee

Recipe courtesy Hank Groover

Prep Time:

10 min

Inactive Prep Time:

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Cook Time:

1 hr 10 min

Level:

Easy

Serves:

4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

• 1 stick butter
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup diced red bell pepper
• 1/2 cup diced green bell pepper
• 1 cup diced celery
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 cups diced yellow onion
• 1/2 cup chopped bacon
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley leaves
• 1 cup beer
• 4 cups clam juice
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning
• 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
• 1 pinch cayenne
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 1 pound precooked crawfish
• Cooked rice, for serving

Directions

In a heavy bottom pan melt butter and add flour to make a roux. Stir constantly over a low heat until it takes on a beige color and loses the floury taste; about 30 minutes. When the roux is done, stir in vegetables, bacon and parsley. Add in beer, clam juice, bay leaf, seasonings and half-and-half. Stir, and cover pot. Let simmer for 30 to 45 minutes. Nearing the end of cooking time, add in precooked crawfish and serve over rice.

Bananas Foster

Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence

Prep Time:

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Inactive Prep Time:

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Cook Time:

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Level:

Easy

Serves:

6 to 8 servings

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 6 ripe bananas, peeled, sliced lengthwise and halved
• 1/4 cup banana liqueur
• 1/2 cup dark rum
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 pint vanilla ice cream

Directions

Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add the brown sugar and stir until the sugar completely dissolves, about 2 minutes. Lay the bananas in the pan and cook on both sides until they become slightly soft and begin to brown, about 3 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and add the banana liqueur and then the rum and cinnamon. Tip the pan slightly and carefully ignite the alcohol with a long kitchen match or kitchen lighter to flambe. Put the pan back on the heat and shake it back and forth basting the bananas, until the flame dies out.

Divide the ice cream among dessert bowls. Gently lift the bananas from the pan and place 2 pieces on the ice cream. Spoon the sauce over the ice cream and serve immediately.

Neelys Hurricane

Recipe courtesy The Neelys

Prep Time:

5 min

Inactive Prep Time:

hr min

Cook Time:

hr min

Level:

Easy

Serves:

1 serving

Ingredients

• Ice cubes
• 2 ounces light rum
• 2 ounces dark rum
• 2 ounces passion fruit juice
• 2 ounces pineapple juice
• 1/2 lime, juiced
• 1 tablespoon grenadine
• 1 orange, sliced into wheels, for garnish

Directions

Fill the hurricane glasses with ice. Mix the rums, passion fruit juice, pineapple juice, lime juice, and grenadine in an ice filled shaker. Strain into the hurricane glasses. Garnish with a wheel of orange.

Printed from FoodNetwork.com on Tue Feb 16 2010

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Happy Fat Tuesday Ya'll Laissez bon temps roulez