Café Opera in Washington - Nick Lafleur/Cook & Shirley Hardy Crawford/Baker

Crawfish Creole’, Sweet Pea Salad & Café Opera’s Special Jalapeno Sausage & Cheese Bread

Crawfish Creole’

• 1 stick of butter
• 1 lg onion
• 1 lg bell pepper
• Onion tops
• Parsley
• Minced garlic, to your taste
• 1 can Rotel
• 1Tbp of flour
• Louisiana Crawfish
• Café Opera‘s special blend of seasoning Which includes salt, pepper, paprika

Method:
Saute’ onions, bell pepper and garlic until transparent. Add Rotel and continue to simmer. Add flour and only local Louisiana crawfish. Allow crawfish to make it’s own sauce and add seasoning to taste.

Sweet Pea Salad

• 2 cans Sweet Peas
• Finely chopped onions and bell peppers
• Freshly made bacon bits
• 4 boiled eggs
• Dash of mustard
• 4 boiled eggs, chopped
• Mayonnaise, dill weed and seasonings to taste

Method:
Mix together and chill.

Café Opera’s Special Jalapeno Sausage & Cheese Bread

Method:
Prepare homemade bread according to your favorite recipe. Incorporate chopped up unbaked bread dough with chopped local Sausage, grated cheddar cheese and chopped Jalapenos to taste.
Place in greased bread loaf pan and allow to doubled in size. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes.