Cajun Crawfish Pie Recipes

CRAWFISH PIE

Steps:

• Place the pie crust into a deep-dish pie plate.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir the onion, green pepper, celery, salt, cayenne pepper, and white pepper until the vegetables are tender and the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes and crawfish tails, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook for about 3 minutes to blend flavors, stirring occasionally.
• Whisk flour and water together in a bowl until the mixture is smooth, and pour the flour mixture into the skillet. Bring the filling to a simmer, and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to stand for 20 to 30 minutes to finish thickening.
• While filling is cooling, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Pour the filling into the prepared pie crust, and bake in the preheated oven until the crust is golden brown and the filling is hot and bubbling, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.

EASY CRAWFISH PIE RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add butter.
• Once melt, add onions, carrots, celery, and garlic. Cook for about 5-7 minutes or until tender.
• Add in flour, salt, pepper, thyme, parsley, chicken broth, heavy cream, and optional cajun seasoning. Whisk until there are no lumps.
• Turn the heat to medium-low and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add crawfish tails, mix with the vegetables. Cover and simmer for another 3-5 minutes or until the crawfish meat just turns opaque. (If you use pre-cooked crawfish tails, you can simply add the crawfish tails together with the frozen peas).
• Stir in frozen peas. Mix well. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Remove the pie dough from the refrigerator. On a clean surface dusted with flour, roll each dough disk into a 12-inch circle.
• Place one crust into a 9-inch pie pan. Trim the overhang of dough with a knife and discard.
• Spoon the crawfish pie filling on top of the bottom crust.
• Cover the filling with the second crust. Trim the extra overhang off the sides.
• Seal the edges by crimping the pie crusts together.
• Use a sharp pairing knife to cut several small slits in the top crust to allow steam to escape.
• Brush the top of the curst with egg wash.
• Bake for 30-40 minutes or until the crust turns golden brown.
• Allow it to cool for 10-15 minutes before cutting into slices. Serve and enjoy!

CRAWFISH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400° and have ready a greased, 9" (preferably deep dish) pie tin.
• Add butter to a large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. As soon as the butter has melted, add the celery, bell pepper, and onion and sauté for 5-7 minutes, until softened. Add the garlic and sauté 1 minute more.
• Sprinkle flour over the vegetables and stir until evenly coated. Stir in the tomato paste and begin adding the chicken broth one big splash at a time, whisking after each addition. Do this until the mixture begins to resemble a thick pudding. Once this consistency is reached, the remaining broth can be added in.
• Add the Worcestershire, hot sauce, Cajun seasoning, salt, pepper, and the bay leaf and allow the mixture to simmer, stirring often, about 6-8 minutes, until slightly thickened. Stir in the crawfish and tomatoes and simmer 5 minutes more. Set aside until ready to use.
• Roll out the pie dough so that it is a 1/4" thick. Lay one dough round on across the bottom of the pie dish, and allow the excess to lay over the sides of the dish.
• Pour the filling into the dish. Roll out the second dough round just the same, and place it over the dish. Crimp the edges of the pie crust together.
• To make the egg wash, whisk together the egg and 1 tablespoon of water, and using a pastry brush, lightly brush the mixture across the top crust and the edges. Create vent holes in the center of the pie, and transfer to a sturdy, rimmed baking sheet to catch any spillage.
• Bake the pie for 20 minutes. Then, reduce the temperature to 350° and bake for 25-28 minutes more, or until the top is golden-brown. Use a pie shield to prevent the edges from over-browning.
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 15-20 minutes before cutting into. Serve and enjoy

CRAWFISH PIE

Steps:

• Add bell pepper, onion and celery to butter and saute until tender. Add crawfish fat and simmer covered 10 minutes. Add crawfish tails, green onions and remainder of seasonings. Thicken if necessary with a little cornstarch and let cook long enough to thicken gravy.
• Using your favorite pie crust recipe, make enough pie dough for a double crust pie. Place the dough in a 9-inch pie pan. Gently press the dough to the bottom and sides. Cut excess dough, leaving a 1-inch overhang. Fill the pie shell with the cooled filling. With a pastry brush, dip in cold water and moisten the outside edge of the pastry shell. Place top crust over the filling, cutting off the overhang even with the overhang on the bottom crust. Crimp the top and bottom crusts together, trim. Cut 2 or 3 one-inch parallel slits in the top of the pie. 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. Serve hot as a main course.
• 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. Roll the dough, fit into the cups, place the filling in the cups. Moisten the edges with cold water. Place a circle of dough on top. Crimp edges together. Cut a 1-inch slit in the center. Bake as above.

CAJUN CRAWFISH PIE

Steps:

• 1. Heat the butter in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the yellow onion, bell pepper and celery to pan and sauté for 3 minutes. Add garlic and sauté for 1 minute. Stir in wine and cook for 1 minute or until liquid almost evaporates. 2. Stir in the bread crumbs, cream, lemon juice, salt, seasoning mix, Tabasco and green onions. Then fold crawfish into mixture, stirring to combine. 3. Preheat oil in a large pot or deep fryer to 375°F. Cut each (9-inch) pie crust in half to form 4 semicircles. Using a slotted spoon, place about 1 cup crawfish mixture in the center of each crust half, fold over and crimp edges with a fork to seal. Deep fry pies at for 5 minutes or until golden, turning once. Serve immediately.