Crayfish or Shrimp à la Bordelaise

Name: Crayfish or Shrimp à la Bordelaise (Les Écrevisses à la Bordelaise)
Yield: For 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Shallots (4); Brown Sauce (2 cups—see recipe below); Bay leaves, garlic (2 cloves), dried thyme, Crystal salt, whole black peppercorns; Strong beef bouillon (6 cups); Arrowroot or cornstarch (a few Tb); Carrots (2 medium); Cognac (¼ cup plus 1 to 2 tsp); Sweet butter (½ lb.); Crayfish or large shrimp in shells (16 to 24, depending on size); All-purpose flour (about ½ cup); Olive oil (about ½ cup); Yellow onions (2 medium); Sherry, dry Fino (½ cup); Parsley (3 or 4 sprigs); Tomato sauce (1 cup); Butter (7 Tb); Bay leaf, garlic (1 clove), tarragon, thyme, Crystal salt, freshly ground black pepper; Fresh tarragon leaves (enough to fill ¼ cup, chopped); Italian plum tomatoes (1 lb.); Beef and veal bones, cut up by your butcher for roasting (2 lbs.); Green Pascal celery (3 stalks); Tomato paste (1 to 2 Tb); Parsley (2 sprigs); Green Pascal celery (1 small stalk, with the leaves); Dry white wine (2 cups); Olive oil (7 Tb); Heavy cream (a few Tb); Tomatoes (3 medium)

Les Écrevisses à la Bordelaise

Preparation info

For
4
people

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Auberge of the Flowering Hearth

By Roy Andries De Groot

Published 1973

About

This obviously is not a regional dish of the Alps but the classic high cuisine preparation of various forms of shellfish in dry white Bordeaux wine. It does involve the extra effort and time for the advance preparation of a classic Brown Sauce, but the final result is worth the effort The complicated and subtle flavors of the sauce, contrasting with the crisp flesh of the shellfish, make this a party dish in the grand manner.

Ingredients

Europe
France
Fish course
Pescatarian
Mediterranean

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Method