Crawdads, no. Crayfish, no. Crawfish, yes. Pot pie. © Ryan Schierling |
Flaky Pie Dough (from Baking With Julia)
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 1/2 sticks (6 oz.) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1 3/4 cups (11 oz.) solid vegetable shortening, chilled
1 cup ice water
Crowned, uncrowned. Oven-bound. © Ryan Schierling |
8 oz. cream cheese
1/2 of a 12 oz. brown ale, bock or other dark beer
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
1 small white onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
3 ribs celery, chopped
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
14 oz. can diced tomatoes
juice of 2 lemons
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
salt and pepper to taste
1 3 oz. bag Zatarain's crawfish, shrimp & crab boil
1/2 of a 12 oz. brown ale, bock or other dark beer
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
1 small white onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
3 ribs celery, chopped
6 large white mushrooms, roughly chopped
1 sweet potato, cut to 1/2" dice
8 oz. frozen corn
16 oz. frozen okra
14 oz. can diced tomatoes
1 cup cooked medium-grain white rice
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
juice of 2 lemons
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
salt and pepper to taste
Veg "crawfish" hand pie. © Ryan Schierling |
I've never had a crawfish pie, but I love crawfish! Nothing better than a long day crawfishing in a stream or lake and then sitting around the campfire shucking and eating them. Makes those tender fingertips so worth it.
ReplyDeleteYou can still ride to 'burb of Houston..Atascocita,TX and check out Veron's Meat Market..he makes crawfish pies..:) He's Lafayette, LA expat
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