Crawfish Pie recipe for Minnie (celery, crab, pepper, onions)

[Jessiegee40]

Minnie,

Here is that crawfish pie recipe. I guess you could use shrimp instead but they need to me cooked, well seasoned and not to big.

1 pd crawfish tails, chopped
1/2 cup melted butter
1 cup diced onions
1 cup diced celery
1 cup diced red bell pepper
1/4 cup minced garlic
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup italian bread crumbs
1 egg,beaten
1/2 cup sliced green onions
1/2 cup chopped parsley
salt and pepper to taste
Louisiana hot sauce totaste
2 (9-inch) deep dish pie shells


Preheat oven to 450. Press 1 unbaked pie shell into a pie pan and set aside. In a cast iron skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add onions, celery, bell peppers and garlic. Saute 3 - 5 minuties or until veggies are wilted. Blend in crawfish and saute 3 - 5 minutes. Stir in cream, simmer 10 minutes then remove from from heat. Blend bread crumbs and egg into crawfish. Add green onions and parsley then season with salt, pepper and hot sauce. Place mixture in pie shell and cover with second crust. With a knife, make 4 (1-inch) slits in top for ventilation. Place pie on a cookie sheet and bake 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 and bake 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Let sit for 10 minutes then serve.

This is soooo good. Just make sure you don't use chinees crawfish. They don't taste very good.

[minniemouse]

Oh..many thanks! Jessiegee40!
I will try to do it!

I have some questions:

1 - what's "pd"?
2- what's "2 (9-inch) deep dish pie shells" ?

thank you!

[Rathagos]

Laura,

I believe pd equals a pound, OP correct me if I'm wrong, please. That's about 1/2 kilo for you in Italy. Also, "2 (9-inch) deep dish pie shells" means that you should get two of the pie shells. In America, they have pie shells already made. I don't remember seeing them in Italy, but you probably have them somewhere. They shells should be 9 inches in diameter (about 23 cm).

Hope this helps!

Rath

[minniemouse]

oh, many thanks for your recommends!
we have the shells also but I haven't seen it in large about 23 cm.. WOW!

[buckhead]

There are both regular type (typical for shallow pies) AND deep dish ones which are considerably deeper and hold more filling...but not sure about in Italy.

[minniemouse]

uhm..I think that to try it...I will go to Louisiana!
For me, it's a pleasure!

[Jessiegee40]

Originally Posted by minniemouse

uhm..I think that to try it...I will go to Louisiana!
For me, it's a pleasure!

Let me know when you will be arriving and I'll have the pie ready.

[rickers]

I bet that would be good using crab meat.

[karibear]

Originally Posted by rickers

I bet that would be good using crab meat.

It is, but it's better with salmon. That's pretty much the way I used to make Perok [Russian salmon pie].

[minniemouse]

Originally Posted by Jessiegee40

Let me know when you will be arriving and I'll have the pie ready.

Ok, I accept your invitation
I hopo to come there soon!