Crawfish Coquille

from..."Miss Mary's Kitchen"
Now here is something different from the New Orleans Old and New Cookbook from 1904, That is, if you can find "Craw-Dads" at your local market! If you like shellfish of any kind, you will like this recipe!


Recipes from New Orleans Old and New Cookbook (1904)

Crawfish Coquille


1 qt. picked and boiled crawfish
1 pt. cream
1Tb. flour
1/2 tsp. minced parsley
2 Tbs. butter
8 drops Tabasco
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. grated onion
1 wine glass sherry

Boil cream, stir into it flour, onion, butter and parsley; add Tabasco and salt.
When thick, put in crawfish and wine.
Cook 5 mins. longer.

Serve in ramekins with bread crumbs on top with small pats of butter -- baked for 10 minutes.