Crawfish Tortellini

Ingredients

• 1 medium onion chopped
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 pound crawfish
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese freshly grated
• 2 tablespoons parsley fresh chopped
• 1 pint cream
• 1 package cheese tortellini or spinach tortellin
• Tabasco sauce
• cayenne pepper
• salt

Directions

Saute onion and garlic in butter. Add crawfish tails and continue to cook 5 minutes. Add cheese and parsley and gradually add enough cream to make a thick sauce. Fold tortellini into crawfish mixture. Season with Tobasco, cayenne, and salt (Parmesan cheese adds its own salty flavor, so use salt sparingly.)

Notes: This versatile dish will be just as successful with shrimp or crabmeat standing in for the crawfish tails.