Name: Grilled Crawfish with Basil Butter (Langouste grillée au beurre de basilic)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: For two people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 live crawfish or spiny lobsters of 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) or one of 1 kg (2 lb 4 oz); 20 leaves of basil, roughly chopped; 100 g (3½ oz) butter; salt, pepper; 2 tablespoons olive oil

Preparation info

For
two
people

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Cuisine of the Sun

By Roger Vergé

Published 1979

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Ingredients

2 live crawfish or spiny lobsters of 500 g (1 lb 2

Method

Preheat the grill. Despatch the crawfish in the way recommended, and split them in two lengthways. Put the crawfish halves on a roasting dish small enough to fit under the grill. Season the flesh with salt and pepper and sprinkle with olive oil. Then, grill them for 5 minutes on the flesh side and 5 minutes on the shell side. (If you ar