Cape Cod Pot Pie Recipes

BARNSTABLE CLAM PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Steam the clams and strain the juice, saving 1/4 cup.
• Remove the clams from the shells and chop finely.
• Combine the rest of the ingredients and pour into a deep pie shell and cover with upper crust.
• Seal all around and pierce the top with a fork.
• Bake for approximately one hour.
• Serve very hot.

SEAFOOD POTPIE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add the chopped onion and fennel and cook for 10 to 15 minutes, until the onions are translucent. Add the flour and cook over low heat for 1 more minute, stirring occasionally.
• Meanwhile, bring the stock to a simmer in a large saucepan. Add the shrimp and scallops and cook for 2 minutes, just until firm. Remove the seafood to a large bowl with a slotted spoon, reserving the stock.
• When the flour is cooked in the onion and fennel mixture, slowly add the stock, the Pernod, salt, and pepper and simmer for 3 minutes. Stir in the heavy cream.
• Cut the lobster meat into medium-size cubes and add it to the onion and fennel mixture with the shrimp and scallops. Add the frozen peas, frozen onions, and parsley and pour the mixture into a 9 by 13 by 2 baking dish.
• For the pastry, mix the flour, salt, and baking powder in a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Add the butter and pulse 10 times, until the butter is the size of peas. With the motor running, add the ice water; process only enough to moisten the dough and have it just come together. Dump the dough on a floured surface and knead quickly into a ball. Wrap the dough in plastic and allow it to rest for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Roll the dough out to fit the baking dish with about 1/4-inch overlap. Use the egg wash to paint the outside rim of the dish. Place the dough on the filled baking dish and press it lightly to adhere to egg wash. Brush the dough with egg wash. Make 3 slashes in the top to allow the steam to escape. Place the dish on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, until the top is golden brown and the filling is bubbling hot.

CLAM CHOWDER PIE

Steps:

• Cook potato and onion in 1 cup water till tender; drain.
• Drain clams, reserving 1/2 cup liquid.
• In saucepan milt butter; stir in parsley, flour, salt, and dash of pepper.
• Add reserved clam liquid and milk all at once; cook and stir till thickened and bubbly.
• Stir in cooked potato mixture and clams.
• Turn into a 9-inch pie plate.
• Prepare plain pastry shell.
• Roll out to a 10-inch circle; place atop filling.
• Turn edges under and flute; cut slits for escape of steam.
• Bake, uncovered, at 425 for 25 to 30 minutes.
• Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

COD POTPIES WITH DILL BISCUIT CRUSTS

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 450°F.
• Make sauce for filling:
• Wash leek in a bowl of water, then lift out and drain well. Cook leek, carrot, and celery in butter in a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until tender, about 7 minutes. Add flour and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in milk, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Bring sauce to a boil, stirring, then reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, 4 minutes. (Sauce will be thick.) Remove pan from heat.
• Make crust:
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Blend in butter cubes with your fingertips or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in milk and dill with a fork until mixture just comes together.
• Gather dough into a ball, then turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead 2 or 3 times. Roll out with a floured rolling pin into an 8-inch square (1/2 inch thick), then cut out 4 biscuits using cutter.
• Make filling and bake pies:
• Sprinkle cod with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Bring sauce to a simmer and stir in fish, then divide among ramekins. Top each ramekin with a biscuit, then brush biscuits with melted butter. Arrange ramekins in a shallow baking pan and bake until sauce is bubbling and biscuits are golden, 12 to 15 minutes.
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COD POT PIE / PIES WITH DILL BISCUIT CRUSTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Wash leek well and cut into 1/2 inch pieces.
• Cook leek, carrot and celery in butter over medium heat until tender, about 7 minutes.
• Add flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Stir in milk, 1/4 teaspoons salt and 1/8 teaspoons pepper; bring to a boil and then reduce to simmer, stirring occasionally, for 4 minutes.
• Sauce will be thick.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
• Blend in butter cubes with your fingers or food processor until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Stir in milk and dill with a fork until mixture just comes together.
• Gather dough into a ball, then turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 3 times.
• Roll out into a 8 inch square, 1 1/2 inches thick., then cut out 4 circles using a round biscuit cutter. (If you don't have a biscuit cutter, then a glass often works just as well.).
• Sprinkle cod with remaining salt and pepper.
• Bring sauce to a simmer and stir in fish, then divide among 4 10 oz. ramekins.
• Top each ramekin with a biscuit then brush with melted butter.
• Arrange ramekins in a shallow baking pan and bake until sauce is bubbling and biscuits are golden, 12-15 minutes.

CAPE COD CLAM PIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375-degrees.
• 2. Sprinkle the clams, onion, potato and bacon over the bottom of the pie shells. In a bowl, beat together the eggs, cream and poultry seasoning. Pour this mixture over the clams.
• 3. Top with second crust. Make slits for steam to escape.
• 4. Bake 45-55 minutes, until set and lightly browned. Serve hot or cold.

CAPE COD CRANBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Grease a 10-inch pie plate.
• Add cranberries and spread out evenly.
• Top cranberries with 1/2 cup sugar and pecans.
• In a mixing bowl, add the eggs.
• Gradually beat in 1 cup of sugar.
• Add the flour, butter, and shortening, beating until just smooth.
• Pour the batter over the cranberries.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour or until the top is golden.
• Serve warm with ice cream.

DOWN EAST CLAM PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees. Pick over clams, and set them in a colander over a bowl to collect juices. When clams are well drained, transfer them to another bowl.
• In a sauté pan, combine onion, red pepper and parsley with 2 tablespoons butter; cook gently over medium-low heat until vegetables are very soft but not brown. Add to bowl with clams. Crumble half the saltines in your hands, and stir into clam mixture.
• Measure amount of juice from clams and add enough milk or half-and-half to make 1 cup. Add to clam mixture along with eggs, and stir to mix well. Add salt and black pepper to taste, and chili pepper, if you wish.
• Use 1/2 tablespoon butter to butter bottom and sides of a 1-quart baking or soufflé dish. Turn clam mixture into dish.
• Crumble remaining saltines a little more finely than first batch. In sauté pan, combine cracker crumbs with remaining butter; cook over medium heat just until they start to brown. Spoon crumbs over clams, and set dish in oven for 1 hour, checking after 45 minutes. If top of casserole is still pale, turn heat to 425 degrees for last 15 minutes. If it is starting to get too brown, place a sheet of aluminum foil loosely over top while casserole finishes cooking. Remove from oven and serve immediately.

NEW ENGLAND CLAM PIE

Steps:

• Place clam juice, potatoes, carrots, and onion in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 12 minutes.
• Add clams and salt and pepper to taste.
• Mix flour with light cream or milk (heavy cream will make the mixture too thick), and stir into the clam mixture.
• Bring to boil, stirring until the mixture thickens, remove from heat. Let mixture cool.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees, and prepare 1 pie shell in baking dish. Pour cooled mixture into the shell, and cover with the remaining shell, sealing the edges and poking airholes in the top.
• Bake for 10 minutes at 400, then reduce heat to 350 degrees and cook about 30 minutes longer, until the crust is golden brown.
• Let the pie cool in order to let the filling set.