Mini Crawfish Or Shrimp Pies Recipes

KARDEA'S CRAWFISH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease 4 single-serving clay pots or souffle dishes.
• In a pan set over medium-low heat, add the butter and oil. Add in the onions, green peppers and garlic and saute until the onions are transparent. Add the crawfish, seafood seasoning and red pepper, and cook 2 minutes stirring frequently. Add the cream cheese and stir until melted, then add the half-and-half. Add half of the asiago and stir.
• Cut the puff pastry to fit the shape of the serving dishes, and then set aside.
• Divide the mixture into the prepared dishes. Sprinkle with remaining asiago, then place the puff pastry on top. Brush the egg wash over the pastry, then bake until the tops are golden, 15 minutes. Serve hot.

MINI CRAWFISH (OR SHRIMP) PIES

Steps:

• 1. First you make a roux. NO! NO! NO!, not this time. Just Kidding! Sorry, I got carried away...
• 2. FIRST - In a large skillet melt butter and add onion, celery, and chives/green onions, and season with a little salt and pepper. Saute until onions begin to soften.
• 3. Add garlic, worcestershire sauce, cayenne (start with a pinch, you can always add more later), and paprika; continue to simmer 15-20 minutes, stirring frequently.
• 4. Add soup and Cheez-Whiz, simmer until cheese is melted, stirring frequently to keep cheese from burning.
• 5. Add crawfish and simmer 10 minutes. Add 1/2 cap, or to taste, liquid crab boil, (optional).
• 6. Pour mixture into a large mixing bowl and add bread crumbs. Mix well and let sit to allow bread crumbs to expand. The mixture needs to be fairly thick so it won't fall down your shirt when you take the first bite of the mini crawfish pie.
• 7. Check the mixture and add more bread crumbs if needed, stir and set aside.
• 8. If you planned ahead and already have your bread cups made, then pop them back into the mini muffin pan and set aside, pour yourself a drink and put your feet up. Otherwise, get started making those bread cups. https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/bread/bread-sweet-bread/sourdough-mini-appetizer-cups.html
• 9. Once all of your ingredients are ready, use a small spoon and fill each bread cup, pack it in and heap it up on top. Sprinkle the top with a little paprika or chopped parsley. Bake at 350* F for 10 minutes and serve.
• 10. *NOTE: Before baking, crawfish pies can be frozen then put into a Zip-Lock bag and kept frozen until ready to serve. From frozen bake at 350* F for 25 minutes until hot.
• 11. *TIP: Alternate method for dough cups - Instead of making bread cups, you can use Pillsbury's pre-made pie crusts (2 crusts) in freezer section of the grocery, or you can make your own fabulous homemade pie crust. Use a cookie cutter to cut rounds that will form a cup when put into a mini muffin pan. Bake for 10 minutes then fill with crawfish mixture. Bake for another 10 minutes to heat through. *OPTIONS: If you don't want to make mini crawfish pies - use this filling to make one full size pie with a top and bottom crust. If you can't get crawfish, use shrimp or crab meat in place of crawfish. Add crab meat last so it stays together better.

MINI CRAWFISH PIES - PAULA DEEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• For the crust: In a large bowl, blend together the butter and cream cheese. Stir in flour and chill for 1 hour in the refrigerator. Separate dough; reserving 1/3 for pie tops, and using 2/3 for pie crust bottoms. To form bottom portions of dough, create dough balls approximately 1-inch in diameter and place into bottom of muffin tin cups, flattening to form crust bottoms. Bake crusts only until golden brown, about 20 minutes. *You can use any pie crust and simply follow remaining filling ingredients and make one large pie.
• For the filling: In a saucepan, add butter and flour, stirring together over heat to create a roux. Cook until mixture is the color of peanut butter. Add all vegetables and saute until soft, about 5 to 10 minutes. Add crawfish, Cajun seasoning, and salt and pepper to taste. Saute mixture for 2 to 3 minutes. Add chicken stock and cook, stirring, until mixture boils and thickens. Spoon mixture into crusts. Top with circles of unbaked dough cut from the reserved 1/3 of original dough. Make a small slit in the top of the dough to allow steam to escape. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Serve while warm.

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!