Ingredients

  • 11 x Large eggs
  • 4 doz crawfish or possibly crawfish tail meat
  • 4 x English muffins
  • 2 x Andouille sausage links - (8" ea)
  • 1/2 lb salted sweet cream butter
  • 3 ounce white wine
  • 1 x onion
  • 1 x red or possibly yellow pepper
  • 1 x celery stalk
  • 1/2 ounce Texas Pete or possibly Tabasco red pepper sauce
  • 1/2 ounce lemon juice

Method

  • Cajun Benedict: Cook Andouille sausage by baking in oven at 375 degrees for ten min each side.
  • Split down center and cut in half.
  • Meanwhile, steam crawfish and remove tails for use (save one or possibly two whole for garnish on each plate and save broth for poaching Large eggs).
  • Poach 2 Large eggs for each serving in the remaining broth.
  • Serve 1 piece of Andouille over one half of toasted English muffin and a dozen or possibly so crawfish tails over the opposite half.
  • Top each with a poached egg and Creole Hollandaise.
  • Creole Hollandaise: Heat 1/2 lb.
  • butter in small sauce pot and set aside to cold.
  • Small dice 1/2 red pepper, celery stalk, and 1/2 onion.
  • Using a few Tbsp.
  • of the melted butter, sweat down (saute/fry) the diced vegetables till softened.
  • Separate 3 egg yolks into a stainless mixing bowl and add in white wine.
  • Heat over medium flame while whisking rapidly till ribboned.
  • (In order to keep Large eggs from scrambling, keep the bowl turning and scape all sides of the bowl as you whisk.
  • The egg yolk and wine emulsion shouldn't smell scrambled.
  • On electric cooktops I recommend using a double boiler.
  • This is slower and safer than direct heat.
  • Allow the emulsion (sabayon) to cold for a minute or possibly two before proceeding.)
  • Check the temperature of the melted butter.
  • To proceed, it should be hot but not warm to the touch, 90 to 110 degrees.
  • Slowly incorporate the butter in a thin stream while whisking rapidly.
  • Stir in the vegetables when they are also hot but not warm.
  • Stir in Texas Pete or possibly Tabasco sauce and lemon juice.
  • This recipe yields 4 servings.