Cooking Crayfish (Lobster)

Ingredients

• 2 Crayfish (Lobsters)
• 1/2 cup butter (softened)
• 3 cloves garlic (minced)
• 2 tablespoons parsley (chopped)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 mangoes (peeled and diced)
• 2 cups ripe tomatoes (chopped)
• 1/2 red onion
• 1/2 red bell pepper (or capsicum)
• 1 jalapeno pepper (de-seeded and finely diced)
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• juice of a lime
• 1/4 cup cilantro (chopped)
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. 1

   --- Garlic Butter for Lobster ---

2. 2

   Prepare garlic butter by mixing butter, garlic, salt and parsley.

3. 3

   --- Cooking Crayfish ---

4. 4

   Preheat grill to medium-high.

5. 5

   Prepare the crayfish by slicing it lengthways. Sedate or kill the crays before slicing them. Lay them flat on a cutting board, with the pointy end of the knife, slice through the middle of lobster, and continue through.

6. 6

   Rinse the tomalley and any intestinal tracts with water.

7. 7

   Spread the garlic butter on the lobster tails (or olive oil) and place on the grill, flesh side down. Grill for about 5-6 minutes. Flip the lobsters and baste with garlic butter. Grill for another 5 minutes until the lobsters are cooked, white and opaque.

8. 8

   Serve immediately and spoon the Mango Salsa over the grilled lobster.

9. 9

   --- Mango Salsa ---

10. 10

    Mix all the mango salsa ingredients together and allow to sit at least 30 minutes before serving. Best made the night before.