Pâté Aux Coques Clam Pie Recipes

OLD FASHIONED CLAM PIE

Steps:

• Sprinkle pie shells with clams, onion, potato, and bacon, dividing equally.
• In a bowl, beat together eggs, cream, and seasoning.
• Pour over mixture in pie shells.
• Bake at 375 for 30 to 40 minutes until golden brown.

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.

EASY COQUILLES SAINT JACQUES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and place six (1 1/2-cup) gratin dishes on 2 sheet pans.
• Melt 4 tablespoons of the butter over medium heat in a medium saucepan. Add the flour and cook for 2 minutes, whisking constantly. Add the seafood stock and whisk until it is smooth and thickened. Whisk in the cream, curry powder, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Bring the sauce to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Set aside.
• Heat the remaining 4 tablespoons of butter in a large (12-inch) sauté pan over medium-low heat. Add the shallots and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes, until tender. Slice the mushroom caps 1/2 inch thick, add to the shallots, and cook for 8 minutes, stirring often. Add the Cognac and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, until most of the liquid has evaporated. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and set aside.
• Combine the bread crumbs, parsley, Gruyère, and olive oil in a medium bowl and stir to moisten the crumbs. Set aside.
• Add the mushrooms to the cream sauce. Add the scallops and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, mix well, and divide among the gratin dishes. Sprinkle the bread crumb mixture evenly on top and bake for 20 minutes, until the scallops are cooked and the sauce is lightly browned and bubbly. Serve hot.

CAPE COD CLAM PIE

Steps:

• 1. Drain liquid from clams, reserve 3/4 cup
• 2. beat eggs, add clam liquid, clams, milk and cracker crumbs, salt and pepper.
• 3. lay bottom pie crust in pie shell
• 4. drop clam mixture into pie crust
• 5. dot with the butter
• 6. place top crust on and crimp edges, Make a slit for steam to escape
• 7. bake in 450 degree oven for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 and continue baking another 30 minutes

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.

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.

PHILADELPHIA CLAM PIES

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and cut into 1/4-inch dice.
• Heat butter and bacon in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then add onion, garlic, and salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is pale golden, about 5 minutes. Add bay leaf, thyme, clove, carrots, celery, and potatoes and reduce heat to moderate, then cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are golden and almost tender, about 15 minutes (be careful not to let them burn). Add wine, scraping up any brown bits.
• Stir together clam juice and cornstarch. Add to vegetables in skillet and bring to a simmer. Cover skillet and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes. Remove lid and stir in clams with their liquor. Bring to a simmer and cook 1 minute, then remove from heat and cool to warm, uncovered. Discard bay leaf and clove.
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425°F.
• Roll out 1 pastry sheet into a 12-inch square on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin. Cut out 3 squares of pastry that are at least 1 inch larger all around than tops of soup bowls. Repeat with remaining pastry sheet.
• Divide clam filling among soup bowls (leaving at least a 3/4-inch space between surface of filling and tops of bowls). Brush 1 pastry square with egg and cover 1 bowl with it, egg side down, pressing edges of pastry firmly onto outside of bowl. Repeat with remaining squares of pastry and bowls. Brush tops of pastry with remaining egg.
• Bake pies in bowls in a large shallow baking pan until pastry is golden and puffed, about 20 minutes.

CANADIAN CLAM PIE

Steps:

• Note: Tie the sprigs together with a white thread that will hold up. THIS with your clove is the bouquest garni. Cheese cloth will also do. They do not remain in the pie.
• Cook the pork with the onion and carrot for about 8 minutes over a gentle flame. Stir in the stock and cook until carrots are nearly done.
• Add the potatoes, clam juice, bouquet garni, and clove.
• When potatoes are nearly done add the clams and cook gently for 10 more minutes. Mix the water and the flour until smooth [God invented blenders for a reason dear.] then salt and pepper.
• Gradually stir the flour mix into the pie filling and cook for 5 more minutes. Stir occasionally. Toss the gari and the clove. Taste for seasoning and adjust. Stir in the peas [well drained btw].
• Place in a casserole dish. Cover with your favorite biscuit dough.
• Slit to allow steam to escape.
• Bake at 400F or until brown about 20 to 30 minutes.
• Serve immediately.

CLAM PIE

Steps:

• Coat a 9-inch pie pan or individual ramekins with cooking spray.
• In a 3-quart saucepan, fry bacon over medium-high heat until crisp.
• Add in the onion; cook and stir 3-4 minutes or until softened.
• Stir in corn, chowder, clams, thyme, and Tabasco; bring to a boil.
• Transfer mixture to the prepared pie pan.
• In a small bowl, toss the breadcrumbs, melted butter, and parsley.
• Sprinkle crumbes evenly over the top.
• Bake in a 350° oven for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.

LAC-ST-JEAN PIE - CIPâTE - TOURTIèRE DU LAC-ST-JEAN

Steps:

• Please Read Carefully.
• The chicken, veal, beef and pork can be put into the pie either cooked or raw.
• If your not pre-cooking the meats then remove skin and bone the chicken and cut into cubes.
• Same for the beef, pork and veal, remove any excess fat or nerves from your meat.
• If you are cooking your meat, then cook chicken as you normally would either boiled or baked, cook your beef, pork and veal cubes in frying pan lightly oiled, do not overcook your meat.
• Cut all meats into cubes.
• Mix all vegetables in a large mixing bowl and sprinkle half the salt, pepper, and savory over veggies.
• In a seperate large bowl, sprinkle the remaining salt, pepper, and savory over meats.
• In an earthenware casserole dish, place alternating layers, do one of mixed meats, another layer of veggies.
• Do this until you are almost to the brim of casserole dish.
• Cover your layers with chicken broth.
• To Make Pastry.
• In a mixing bowl sift the flour, salt and baking powder.
• Incorporate the shortening with the aide of two knives, working and cutting the shortening into the flour.
• Keep working the flour and shortening until your pastry looks like crumbles.
• Add the milk and mix with the knives until your pastry forms a ball.
• Take your pastry and kneading into one big ball.
• Spread your pastry with your fingers on top of ingredients.
• Cut slits in pastry for steam to escape from.
• Wrap your casserole dish with plastic wrap and place dish in refrigerator for 4 to 6 hours.
• It is better to let sit in fridge overnight.
• If you want to make this for supper you better start in the early morning.
• Bake in 300°F oven for 2 hours.
• To bake cover the pastry crust with aluminium foil for the first hour and half hour. Remove foil and bake until
• Pastry is brown and your gravy inside is thick.

PâTé AUX COQUES (CLAM PIE)

Steps:

• CRUST: In a large bowl, sift flour and salt together. Cut shortening into flour until dough resembles coarse cornmeal.
• In a separate bowl, beat egg; combine with vinegar and water, Gradually add just enough of the egg mixture to the flour mixture until you can form the dough into a ball.
• Divide into two portions (for top and bottom crust). Roll out one portion and use it to line a 10-inch pie plate. Roll out the other portion and reverse to cover pie.
• FILLINGl Pour clam juice into a saucepan, and add potatoes. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile in a separate large saucepan, sauté onion in butter until transparent. Stir in flour to make a roux. Cook for 1-2 minutes.
• Drain potatoes, reserving clam juice. Gradually add clam juice to roux. Stir until thickened, add potatoes and clams. Season with salt ahd pepper to taste.
• Pour filling into pastry-lined pie plate. Cover with top layer of pastry and bake at 400F for about 30 minutes.