€ 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. There we will be happy to show you how we process the crayfish into the exclusive quality we offer. You need to provide your own 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. We do ask that someone is at home on the day of delivery. For orders up to 10 kg these costs are €14.95 per order. The standard shipping day is Thursday, after which delivery will take place within 24 hours. Please note that the order must be received on Thursday before 13:00 so we can ensure that it can be delivered on time. In warm weather we do not deliver because of the condition of the lobsters.
Storage
Live crayfish can be kept reasonably well for about 1 to 2 days in sealable crates in a refrigerator. Crayfish like moist, cold and dark spaces with plenty of oxygen. It can also be kept in a container of cold water which must be changed sufficiently to provide sufficient oxygen. Note when storing lobster, there is a good chance that more lobsters will fall out.
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.
