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5.0 – 1 reviews •
| Level: |
Intermediate |
| Total: |
1 hr 45 min |
| Active: |
45 min |
| Yield: |
2 to 3 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground gator tail meat
- Olive oil, for cooking
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 4 scallions, diced
- 3 cloves diced garlic
- 1 ounce melted Garlic Butter, recipe follows
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 ounces all-purpose flour, or as necessary
- Spicy Lemon Dill Aioli, recipe follows
- 5 pounds whipped butter
- 1 1/2 cups chopped garlic
- 1 cup chopped shallots
- 4 ounces granulated garlic
- 3/4 cup white wine
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 cups chopped curly parsley
- 8 ounces mayonnaise
- 1 ounce fresh dill, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- 5 dashes cayenne pepper
- Juice of 1 lemon
Instructions
- Cook gator in olive oil in a pan until cooked through; chill meat thoroughly.
- Add egg, mustard, scallions, garlic, Garlic Butter, red pepper and baking powder to gator in a mixing bowl. Add the flour a little at a time, adjusting until the mixture is a little looser than that of a meatball (you may not need to add the whole amount). Form into 3-inch ovals.
- Saute in some oil in a skillet until golden, 2 minutes on the first side and 1 minute on the second side.
- Place the butter in a large stand mixer and beat on low speed for 3 minutes. Add chopped garlic, shallots and granulated garlic. Beat for 2 minutes on medium speed. Turn back to low speed and add the wine and lemon juice. Beat on high speed for 2 minutes. Turn to low speed and add the parsley; beat 30 seconds and turn off mixer.
- Mix together mayo, dill, white pepper, cayenne and lemon juice in a bowl.
