Antonio Carluccio

Crayfish the Swedish Way

Gambero di Fiume alla Svedese

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Antonio Carluccio Goes Wild: 120 Fresh Recipes for Wild Food from Land and Sea
Antonio Carluccio Goes Wild

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 2001

  • About

Crayfish are an excuse for legendary celebrations in Sweden, where they form the main part of a traditional meal. Because of their size, you need to have quite a few to obtain any sort of satisfaction...

Ingredients

  • 32 fresh live crayfish
  • 1.5 litres (2¾ pints) lager

Method

Bring the lager to the boil with the dill, sugar, salt and pepper. Add the crayfish and then place the lid on the pan. Cook for 10 minutes, after which the fish should be a beautiful red colour.

Serve on hot plates accompanied by a little of the cooking liquid and, if you want to be really Swedish, with bread and butter, some cheese, and some Schnapps. Skål!