Crawfish Fritters

Crawfish Fritters

	3-4 med crawfish tails
	1 medium onion, finely chopped
	1 small sweet pepper, finely chopped
	1 stalk celery, finely chopped
	4 1/2 c. flour
	2 c. water
	3 Tbsp. baking powder
	2 hot peppers
	2 Tbsp. salt
	2 Tbsp. tomato paste
	Cooking oil

Boil crawfish tails for ¾ hours & allow to cool. Remove meat from shell, cut very fine. Pour all ingredients including crawfish into a bowl. Mix until a smooth mixture is obtained, this should be fairly thick. Drop ½ t. at a time into a pot of hot fat & fry until golden brown.

Hot Pepper Sauce:

1 Tbsp. oil

6 or 7 minced hot peppers

2 Tbsp. ketchup

2 Tbsp. vinegar

Pinch of salt

Mince peppers & puree with the other ingredients.

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Recipe by Mrs. Lofton Russell.