African Vanielje on Aug 27 2007 at 9:35 pm | Filed under: Uncategorized
For humane reasons you can put the live crayfish in the freezer first, if you like. This doesn’t kill it, it just puts it into a deep sleep.
Take the crayfish straight from the freezer and plunge it into a pot of boiling water. Make sure the pot is deep enough to submerge the crayfish completely.
Boil until it turns bright, blushing red. For a pound of crayfish this should take only 5 or 6 minutes
Once cooked twist the tail away from the body to release it.
Cut lengthways down the underside of the tail and ease the meat out, discarding any membrane.
Gently crack the claws and ease out the meat
The legs can be cracked at the joints and the meat eased or sucked out
Discard the black membrane and any guts, and the head and body.
