Hot Crayfish Dish

Ingredients

• 1.3 crayfish tails, cooked and diced
• 2.125 millilitre mayonnaise
• 3.83 millilitre tomato sauce (ketchup)
• 4.83 millilitre cream
• 5.Tabasco sauce, a dash
• 6.283 gram button mushrooms, tinned; with their liquid

Method

1. 1.Cook and dice the crayfish.
2. 2.Combine the remaining sauce ingredients (mayonnaise, tomato sauce, cream, tobasco) to make a sauce.
3. 3.Lightly blend with the crayfish.
4. 4.Put in a double boiler.
5. 5.Add the tin of button mushrooms with the gravy.
6. 6.Heat thoroughly and serve with buttered rice.

Notes

• In South Africa, 'crayfish' refers to rock lobster (spiny lobster).
• The double boiler ensures gentle, even heating without the sauce breaking or scorching.