Crawfish Pie

Serves: 6

Mckayla Mann

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

50

Spice

52

Sweetness

48

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.1

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 large

Onion (chopped)

2 stalks

Celery (chopped)

3 cup

Butter

1.083333 tsp

Salt

1 tsp

Black Pepper

1 tsp

Red Pepper

Directions:

1

Add bell pepper, onion and celery to butter and saute until tender

2

Add crawfish fat and simmer covered 10 minutes

3

Add crawfish tails, green onions and remainder of seasonings

4

Thicken if necessary with a little cornstarch and let cook long enough to thicken gravy

5

Using your favorite pie crust recipe, make enough pie dough for a double crust pie

6

Place the dough in a 9-inch pie pan

7

Gently press the dough to the bottom and sides

8

Cut excess dough, leaving a 1-inch overhang

9

Fill the pie shell with the cooled filling

10

With a pastry brush, dip in cold water and moisten the outside edge of the pastry shell

11

Place top crust over the filling, cutting off the overhang even with the overhang on the bottom crust

12

Crimp the top and bottom crusts together, trim

13

Cut 2 or 3 one-inch parallel slits in the top of the pie

14

Place pie in a preheated 450 degree oven and bake for 10 minutes, then lower heat to 375 degrees and cook for 35 minutes longer or until crust is a golden brown

15

Serve hot as a main course

16

Individual pies: Using the same procedure, individual pie pans or a muffin pan with large cups can be used instead of a large pie pan

17

Roll the dough, fit into the cups, place the filling in the cups

18

Moisten the edges with cold water

19

Place a circle of dough on top

20

Crimp edges together

21

Cut a 1-inch slit in the center

22

Bake as above