BAHAMIAN CRAWFISH (Lobster) FRITTER

Ingredients:
3-4 med		Crawfish tails
1 med.		Onion, finely chopped
1		Celery stalk, finely chopped
4	½ cups	Flour
2 cups		Water
3	Tbsp	Baking powder
2		Hot peppers
2	Tbsp.	Tomato paste

Cooking Oil

 

Preparations:

Boil crawfish tails for 45 minutes and allow to cool. Remove meat from shells, cut very fine. Pour all ingredients including crawfish into a bowl and mix until blended. Mixture should be fairly thick. Heat cooking oil in a medium sized pot or deep fat fryer. Using a teaspoon drop ½ teaspoon of batter into the pot of hot fat and fry until golden brown.

Hot Pepper Sauce

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp.            Oil

6                      Hot pepper, minced

2 Tbsp.            Ketchup

2 Tbsp.            Vinegar

Pinch              Salt

Mince pepper and puree other ingredients