Crayfish with Hazelnut and Pastis Butter

I could eat these stuffed crayfish from dawn till dusk. Select the larger ones if you can, as they will give you a better meat-to-stuffing ratio. If you have trapped them, don’t put the small ones back, just eat them with mayonnaise later. This recipe requires live crayfish that must be dispatched. If you are the squeamish type, I wouldn’t read beyond this point.

A crayfish sitting is a messy business, worthy of tucking a napkin into the collar of your shirt and using your fingers.