Thanks to BBQGuys.com and chef #TonyMatassa for demonstrating how easy it is to use our shells. AND bonus! They give you a delicious, easy sauce to prepare. Share the #oysterlove y’all.
Crawfish Raoul oyster topping
Native Southerners are familiar with the many crawfish+cream sauce recipes–crawfish Julie, crawfish Diane, crawfish Monica. They’re all similar but unique with slight differences in the seasoning and ingredient amounts. We created our very own version into an oyster topping. We named it after Kyle and Mike’s maternal grandfather, Raoul Lozano, who they were very close to as children. He passed away about 12 years ago.
Raoul loved to hold family and friend gatherings at his and his wife Gloria’s home in Gretna,
LA. And even more, paw-paw Raoul loved to cook. This is Raoul at his retirement from Marine Service Supply, Co. which he owned and operated on the Westbank after his father.
This recipe is for him, and for y’all, that combine two of the most loved and treasured seafood delectables produced from the rich and bountiful waters along the Gulf Coast–oysters and crawfish! What could be more perfect during the onset of crawfish season?!
Don’t these just get your mouth watering?!
What you’ll need:
You can do these on the grill or in the oven. If on the grill, build fire or set flame to medium heat. If you’re finishing them off in the oven then you’ll use the broil setting.
2 Tbsp butter (the real stuff y’all, not margarine)
2 Tbsp flour
1/2 c vidalia onion (it’s the sweeter kind)
4 garlic cloves (minced)
8 ounces crawfish tails
1 pint of already shucked oysters from you local seafood market
dash of Worcestershire sauce (we call it whisker sauce in our house because who the hell can really pronounce this correctly?)
2 ounces of vodka–you betcha!
1 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
1 C whole milk
1/4 C chopped green onions for garnish.
Directions:
1. melt the butter in a pan over medium heat, sauté the onion and garlic until translucent, and add the flour to make a roux.
2. Add the crawfish tails and cook for 2 minutes. Then add the dash of whisker sauce.
3. Stir in the vodka and allow sauce to come to a soft boil. Then carefully with a long-neck lighter set fire to the sauce to burn off the vodka. See video below.
Next, add the S+P, red pepper flakes, and whole milk. Let thicken, usually 6-8 minutes. Place the oysters in our shells and spoon about a 1/4 C topping over each. Broil at 5-7 mins or grill for 8 mins until bubbly and slightly golden.
Here’s how they came out looking from the oven.
#OysterLove, ya’ll-The Loftins
Our website is open for business, come get ya some!
The last three years have been a labor of love, oyster love to be exact, and now all the hard work has come together! We went to our first festival in New Orleans to launch our oyster shell stoneware [see us on WWLTV], and now our website is finished and we’re ready to sell and ship to any state!
Next we’ll be spending more time at festivals–Amite Oyster Festival, Terrytown Spring Festival, New Orleans Oyster Fest, and others [final festival list TBD] getting the word out and sharing our oyster love with fellow seafood and cooking connoisseurs. You’ll be able to follow our travels and catch us in action via Facebook and Instagram.
We will also be adding lots of recipes to our Pinterest page so you’ll always have new, delicious toppings and twists to try with friends and family.The three of us eat some version of broiled/baked/chargrilled oysters once a week because of how easy to use and less time consuming it is to cook oysters with our shell stoneware. If you cook at home a lot, because you love to cook (like we do) or need to save money (like we do!) then you need our shells so you can enjoy oysters at home (like we do) a lot more often!
Mike and I fooling around fist bumping while Kyle’s spooning the oysters on the shells
Since it’s the first day of February, Mardi Gras is a month away and temperatures will be warming up slowly (we all hope!) now is the time to purchase our shells and enjoy oysters the remainder of the season!
Oyster Love, y’all-The Loftins