€ 32,70
Wild caught pure nature
Our live Dutch crayfish is wild caught by local fishermen with traps and pots in the Dutch polders. After the catch, the crayfish is rinsed and washed in clean water for an exclusive quality. In short a pure crayfish from the polder.
Specially selected for size
Our crayfish are specially sorted, selecting only the large specimens for consumption. These Dutch wild-caught American crayfish are many times larger than Spanish and Chinese farmed crayfish. More importantly, our crayfish are not farmed or treated with antibiotics.
Serving
The meat of the crayfish is mainly in the tail and is white to pink in color. The meat can be eaten after cooking, hot or cold. The weight per crayfish is about 30-50 grams and about 25-30 crayfish go into 1 kg.
Want to know how to peel a crayfish? Watch the video here.
Crayfish recipes can be found on our special recipes page.
Collect
If you order crayfish from us, you can pick it up at our production site in Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel by appointment. We will be happy to show you how we process the crayfish into the exclusive quality we offer. You need to provide yourself with a sealable container or bucket containing a cooling element. For 1 kg this is about a 10 liter bucket or container. If you order several kilos, please bring several buckets or containers.
Delivery / Shipping
In consultation we deliver orders of live crayfish. For orders up to 10 kg these costs are €14.95 per order. The standard shipping days are Monday and Thursday, after which delivery will take place within 24 hours. Please note that the order on Monday and Thursday must be before 13:00 so we can ensure that it can be delivered on time.
Storage
Live crayfish can be kept reasonably well for about 2-3 days in sealable crates in a refrigerator. Crayfish like moist, cold and dark spaces with sufficient oxygen. It can also be kept in a container of cold water which should be changed sufficiently to provide sufficient oxygen.
Failure
Live crayfish always remain vulnerable during transport, so it is possible that some may die. So keep this in mind when ordering the desired quantity of crayfish.
About the American crayfish in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands you can find a number of species of red crayfish native to North America. Among them, you can find the ‘Procambus clarkii’ (red American crayfish), ‘Procambarus acutus’ (striped American crayfish) and the Faxonius virilis (knobbed American crayfish). These species have displaced the European crayfish as imports of the American specimens have caused a crayfish virus. The American crayfish is insensitive to this virus.
