Shellfish boil
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Mustard seeds |
| 6 | tablespoons | Coriander seeds |
| ¼ | cup | Whole allspice seeds |
| ¼ | cup | Dill seeds |
| 2 | teaspoons | Whole cloves |
| 12 | smalls | Dried red chilies crumbled, |
| Or 1 tablespoon crushed red | ||
| Pepper | ||
| 16 | Bay leaves | |
| 8 | quarts | Water |
| 1 | Dozen small new potatoes, | |
| Scrubbed | ||
| 2 | larges | Onions, unpeeled, cut in |
| Half crosswise | ||
| 2 | Lemons, halved | |
| 1¼ | cup | Plus 1 tablespoon salt |
| ¼ | cup | Plus 1 tablespoon cayenne |
| 1 | large | Head garlic, cut in half |
| Crosswise | ||
| 1 | pounds | Andouille sausage, cut into |
| 1 | Inch pieces | |
| 4 | Ears fresh corn, shucked and | |
| Cut into thirds | ||
| 2 | pounds | Crawfish |
| 5 | pounds | Crabs, such as dungeness, |
| Blue, stone, king or snow | ||
| Crabs | ||
| 2 | (1 pound) lobsters | |
| 2 | pounds | Shrimp, peeled and divined |
| 2 | Dozen littleneck, steamer, | |
| Razor, Pacific littleneck or | ||
| Manila clams | ||
| 1 | cup | Melted butter, warm |
| 2 | tablespoons | Finely chopped parsley |
Directions
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Place the first seven ingredients in cheesecloth and tie with butchers twine. Put the seasoning bag, water, potatoes, onions, lemons, 1¼ cups of the salt, ¼ cup of the cayenne, and garlic in a large stockpot. Bring the liquid to a boil, cover and boil for 15 minutes.
Add the sausage, corn, crawfish, and crabs. Using a long handled spoon, stir around and press the contents of the pot down well into the water. Cover the pot and return to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes.
Turn off the heat. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon salt and 1 tablespoon cayenne. Cover and let the boil stand for 10 minutes. Add the shrimp and clams. Continue to cook for 5 minutes. Drain.
Turn the shellfish boil on to news paper. Serve with melted butter.
Garnish with parsley.
Nutritional information per serving: xx calories, xx gm protein, xxx mg cholesterol, xx gm carbohydrate, xxx mg sodium, x gm fiber, xx gm fat (x gm sat, x gm mono, x gm poly), x mg iron, xx mg calcium, xx% of calories from fat.
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