Louisiana Alligator
Ingredients
12 oz Alligator tail, pounded
thin
8 oz Boudin sausage or Cajun link
2 oz Flour, seasoned salt/pepper
2 oz Cooking oil or clarified butter
1 oz Bourbon whiskey
4 oz Heavy cream
16 oz Corn cake batter
12 oz Louisiana Compound Butter
4 oz Green onion, thin sliced
Pound alligator into 12-1 oz
medallions. Heat saucepan with oil. Lightly dredge medallions in flour and sauté
in hot pan for 10 seconds on each side. Remove from pan and hold on heated
plate. Slice sausage in to thin pieces and place in saucepan. Cook for 1
minute, add bourbon and flame. Add compound butter and melt it while
swirling pan. Add cream and whip until smooth.
Make 8 3-inch cornmeal cakes on
griddle.
On heated plate put corn cakes
in middle. Put cooked alligator on corn cakes and ladle 3 oz sauce with
sausage over all. Sprinkle with sliced green onions for garnish.
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