Crawfish Ravioli

Crawfish Ravioli is a delicious New Orleans dish that your guest will love at the next party.

This is a free-form ravioli as opposed to a sealed version. It’s a lot easier to prepare, and you still get great flavor. This also makes a wonderful first course.

Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 8 lasagna sheets
• 2 tablespoons plus 1 1/2 sticks cold unsalted butter
• 2/3 cup diced onion (about 1/2 large)
• 1/3 cup diced green bell pepper (about 1/2 large)
• 1/3 cup diced red bell pepper (about 1/2 large)
• 1 pound crawfish tails
• 1/2 teaspoon Creole seasoning
• 1/4 teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes
• 1 medium tomato, seeded and diced
• 1/4 cup minced fresh chives

Directions:

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add lasagna sheets and cook until just al dente. Using tongs remove pasta from water and transfer to a cutting board. Cut pasta into 8-inch squares and return to pot of hot water off heat.
2. In a large skillet melt 2 tablespoons butter over moderately high heat. Add onion and bell peppers and sauté 2 minutes. Add crawfish, Creole seasoning, and red pepper flakes and sauté 3 minutes. Add tomato and cook 1 minute.
3. Cube remaining 1 1/2 sticks butter. Reduce heat to low and stir in butter, a few cubes at a time, stirring constantly and adding more only when butter is melted. Add chives.
4. Arrange 1 pasta square in each of 4 shallow bowls. Divide sauce among bowls and top with remaining pasta squares.