Roasted ‘Wilderness Crayfish’ Flamed with Cider Brandy

After a non-productive day of salmon fishing in Scotland last year, I came across an article on crayfish in a fishing magazine, written by a friend of mine, Neil Patterson. Apparently, red signal crayfish, which have become so prolific in our waters, were causing havoc for trout fishing on his stretch of the River Kennet ‘the Wilderness’. I decided to help out by putting some of his signal crayfish on the menu. Every week the river keepers drop off crayfish for us and I fee