Hot Crawfish Dip

Crawfish are plentiful in Southwest Louisiana, and are used in several different dishes. This particular dip may be served in small individual pastry shells. See recipe on site for the easy to make pastry shells.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 - 2 medium onion chopped
• 2 bunches shallots chopped
• 1/2 medium bell pepper finely chopped
• 2 ribs celery chopped
• 2 cans cream of mushroom soup
• 1 pound peeled crawfish tails
• red pepper cayenne to taste
• 2 minced garlic cloves
• 1 whole pimento chopped fine

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