Creamy Crawfish Pasta, a bowl of deliciousness!

Living in the south we have lots of seafood, fresh seafood. We love to have crab boils, shrimp boils, and crawfish boils. What I love is after the boils, I can take what is left over and turn it into another meal. (do you see a pattern with multiple meals from one thing?)  Crawfish covered in crab boil is just delicious!
So, last night, I made creamy crawfish pasta. It was AH-MAZING! Seriously! You can get crawfish tails from your freezer section at walmart as a substitute or you can even use shrimp in this dish....whatever you like.
On to the recipe!

1 lb Pasta of your choice
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 onion, finely diced
1/2 bell pepper, finely diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons Emerils Essence (or you can make your own, recipe to follow)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
1/4 c dry white wine (I used the yellow tail pinot grigio)
2 cups half and half or heavy cream. (if you use half and half, you may need to use a little flour or cornstarch slurry to thicken the sauce)
Juice from 1 lemon
1 lb crawfish tails

Heat oil in a saucepan, sauté onions until starting to soften then add in garlic and bell pepper. Cook until all veggies are soft. Add in emerils essence, salt, and cayenne and cook about 1 min. Add in wine and cook down until almost evaporated. Add in half and half and lemon juice. Cook until sauce is thickened some.

 

 Add in crawfish tails and cook until they are warmed through.

 Toss with cooked pasta. Sprinkle some parmesan cheese on top and serve!

 

Don't judge me....I had to use 2 different types of pasta. When I went to pull out the box of penne, I realized it was only half full so I had to mix and match! ha!

 

Another neat kitchen gadget....

 

My mom got me this last year and I love love love it! It keeps the water from ever boiling over!

It's the Kuhn Rikon Spill stopper.

 

 

Essence creole seasoning

 

2 1/2 tablespoons paprika

                                                 2 tablespoons salt
                                                 2 tablespoons garlic powder
                                                 1 tablespoon black pepper
                                                 1 tablespoon onion powder
                                                 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
                                                 1 tablespoon dried oregano
                                                 1 tablespoon dried thyme