King Crab Ravioli


 

I am on a roll with my pasta! Craving seafood I sent out for 2 pounds of succulent King Crab and turned every bit of the crab into stuffing and sauce. I boiled down the shells for stock and made a delicate lobster-type sauce with a little tomato and sherry. The pasta was as sheer as a dainty hankerchief and was perfectly tender, again.



My big push, this week, is to make the perfect loaf of Italian bread for po-boys. A friend wants to learn how to make gumbo and po-boys. While it's easy to find all the ingredients for gumbo-it's a bit of a challenge to find just the right New Orleans-style Italian loaf for po-boys. Larry has requested an Oyster Po-Boy (one of my favorites) and for good measure we will make a Soft-Shell Crab Po-boy with lots of Louisiana Hot Sauce.

Ron asked that he act as my guinnea pig tonight on the bread experiment and asked that his po-boy be dressed as a BLT. I started to ask him to stop by the store for green tomatoes to put the sandwich over the top! But that's another day!
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Christo Gonzales said…
oooh dang I wanna get me some of that!
May 14, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Home At Last said…
Ron is allergic-so I had to eat them all! Saw you were making ravioli too! The wild violets-violas were beautiful!
May 14, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Teresa's New Life said…
Oh, I'm so happy this is posted- I can't WAIT to try this. I missed all of the segment on TV the other night- my mouth is watering. Too bad for pour ol' Ron.......LOL!! I know they're going to be delicious!!!
May 18, 2009 at 11:42 AM
Diana Black said…
when i'm starved is NOT the time to view your blog, Patty.

grumble grumble...

that's my mood AND my stomach!

smiles.

diana
http://www.woofersclub.blogspot.com
May 18, 2009 at 5:59 PM
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