Smoked redclaw.

[rayke1938]

First catch them

Then head and devein them and place in freezer.

Thaw them out and split in half.

After freezing the meat is easily removed from the half shell with a spoon or your finger.You can also par boil them untill th edge of the shell just starts to turn pink.

According to your taste you can marinade them in soy and water and a little salt for around 30 minutes.

Then allow to dry.

Handfull of sawdust in the bottom of smoker.

Load the tray in the smoker. Here i have some in soy and the rest untreated.

Light smoker and in 5 minutes.

There is a bit of a trick in the cooking time as it will depend on the heat generated in your smoker. If you cook them too long they are tough.

Once cooked they are good hot,cold,in pasta sauce,salads,sangas or my mate also pickles his in vinerar and stores them in the fridge for months.

Pickled and smoked with a cold beer are excellent.

Hardest job is cleaning the smoker. I use oven cleaner then hose it out.

Cheers

Ray

[taib]

Just had a huge dinner and now im hungry again!! :silly: That looks very mouth watering Ray!

Cheers

ty

[Perky]

Your a legend mate, thanks for posting that up. I am hoping i can drag my brother out next week to get a few.

[kmcrosby78]

YuM Ray I LOVE smoked food - is that a home-made smoker or bought? Looks a beauty. My old fella used to (well still does actually) smoke mackeral and fresh-water eels when we were growing up - awesome stuff!!

Good sized red-claw too by the way.

Cheers and enjoy,

Kelvin.

[rayke1938]

Smoker is a stainless Jervis Walker. Nerang Disposals had them on special for $49.They are a little larger than the nipper kipper and being stainless dont rust out.

Cheers

Ray

[Eug]

do you use a particular sawdust ray?

[rayke1938]

I have hickory. pecan,apple and iron bark but this time i used hickory.

Cheers

Ray

[Mr FeLiX]

Mate, that sounds INSANE!!

:aussie:

Now I've got the boat, I'll be chasing a few of these critters myself and that recipe will be the first I try!!

Does anyone know of any threads on how and where to catch Redclaw?

Thanks

Felix

[bootyinblue]

Ray.... what about a layer of aluminim foil in the bottom? Laid flat heat will go through it pretty easily and after smoking just lift it out and presto, smaoker is clean again.

[rayke1938]

Bottom is the easy part. Sides are more difficult and the wire racks are the real pain in the proverbial. You spend ages cleaning each individual wire with a scotchbrite.

Easy solution is the oven cleaner.

Cheers

Ray

[bootyinblue]

Oohh I see... I would just let the wire rack build up 'character'

[Davo_Dinkum]

bootyinblue wrote:

Oohh I see... I would just let the wire rack build up 'character'

haha character = extra flavour .

nice 1 ray .

flex do a search or redclaw or somerset ,u will find heaps of info .

there pretty easy and cheap to catch ,cheap pots ,cheap bait .

[rayke1938]

Mr FeLiX wrote:

Mate, that sounds INSANE!!

:aussie:

Now I've got the boat, I'll be chasing a few of these critters myself and that recipe will be the first I try!!

Does anyone know of any threads on how and where to catch Redclaw?

Thanks

Felix

I have just bumped an old post on my method or redclawing.

I have done a few changes since I wrote it.

The small containers are no longer made so you will have to substitute.

The only bait that i now use is homebrand dog pellets from Big W. ( They are nthe cheapest I buy a 8kg bag)

If avacodoes are cheap I will put a small piece of a soft ripe one in also as they go for it.

I no longer use fish frames because the boat ends up ponging of rotten fish.

You will have to experiment as to the best depths and locations to set your pots.

I usually find best results in the mouths of bays or beside a drop off.

Currently at NPD they are at around the 15 feet mark. Last week they were around 10 feet.

Cheers

Ray

[ryanyoung]

Well done Master Chef Ray !!! You should publish all your redclaw recipes into a NPD Cookbook.

The redclaw look awesome, bet they tasted good too.

Cheers,

Ryan.