New Orleans Vacation: Part Two - the Food!

My husband and I went to New Orleans for the French Quarter Festival. We arrived on a Wednesday and left on a Sunday.

We had a fabulous time enjoying the architecture, jazz music and lots of great food. Today's post includes our favorite food and the best dish we had during the festival from Muriel's at Jackson Square - a Crawfish and Goat Cheese crepe. The best part, we got the recipe!

Check out my previous post on our things we did while in New Orleans.

Cafe du Monde

Crawfish at the festival

Bread Pudding from GW Fins

My husband's plate of goodies from Court of Two Sisters.

Lobster beet salad from NOLA.

And, here is my favorite dish from the festival - the Crawfish and Goat Cheese Crepe from Muriel's.

Crawfish and Goat Cheese Crepes (thanks stranger lady that let us take a picture!)

Muriel's at Jackson Square
Crawfish and Goat Cheese Crepes

Crawfish Sauce
1 oz. yellow onion, dice
1/2 oz. bell pepper, diced
1 oz. tomato, diced
1/4 t garlic, chopped
1 t Creole seasoning
4 oz. crawfish tails
1 oz. white wine
1 oz. unsalted butter
1 t of oil
2 cups of heavy cream
Salt/pepper

Directions
Place oil in saute pan over medium high heat, add onions and bell pepper, saute until softened. Add tomato, garlic and Creole seasoning. Saute 30 seconds then deglaze with white wine. Add cream and reduce until sauce coats the back of the spoon. Stir in cold butter and crawfish tails and salt to taste. Saute 30 seconds more.

Crepes
6 crepes
3 oz. goat cheese
2 oz. cream cheese
1/2 t shallot, chopped
1/2 t garlic, chopped
1/4 t salt
1/4 t peppers

Directions:
Mix all ingredients together, pipe into crepes and roll.

Put crepes on a plate. Drizzle heavily with sauce.

The beautiful fireworks from the festival.

Enjoy,

Ellen