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Louisiana Crawfish Cakes
Recipe courtesy James O9Donnell of House of Blues, LA, CA
Show:  The Best Of
Episode:  Celebrity Restaurants Special
1 tablespoon pommace oil
10 tablespoons yellow onion, 1/8-inch diced
3 tablespoons green bell peppers, 1/8-inch diced
3 tablespoons red bell peppers, 1/8-inch diced
3 teaspoons garlic, minced
1 1/2 pounds crawfish tails, roughly chopped
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon crystal hot sauce
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
4 teaspoon LA spice, or Paul Prudhomme Cajun spice
6 eggs
1/2 cup Parmesan, ground
1 cup plus 5 tablespoons bread crumbs
Parsley sprig, for garnish

Heat oil in sauce pan and sweat onions and peppers for 1 minute. Add garlic and crawfish tails and heat through. Add Worcestershire sauce, crystal hot sauce, salt and L.A. spice. Remove from heat and let cool. Beat eggs in stainless bowl and add crawfish mixture. Fold in Parmesan and 1 cup bread crumbs. Combine all ingredients and form into 5-ounce patties. Dust cakes with additional bread crumbs. Heat crawfish cake through in broiler. Place corn puddding in center of plate. Place heated crawfish cake on top. Zig-zag cilantro cream over entire plate. Top cake with parsley sprig.

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Recipe Summary
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Yield: 8 cakes

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