Crawfish Pie Recipes...Post Yours

This will make 3 deep dish pies.

2 lbs peeled tails with fat
2 large onions, diced
4 stalks celery, diced
1/2 green bell pepper, diced
1/2 red bell pepper, diced
2 T garlic
2 sticks butter
1 cup minced green onions
1/2 cup minced flat leaf parsley
2 cups cream
1 cup bread crumbs
Salt, red and black pepper to taste
2 large eggs, beaten
3 deep dish shells and 3 regular ones for tops

Method

Sauté the onions, celery a and green bell pepper in the butter until sft. Add the garlic and then the crawfish. Sauté a few minutes and add the cream. Bring to a simmer and season to taste. Simmer 5 minutes and then fold in the red bell pepper, green onions, parsley and bread crumbs. Check the seasonings and remove from the heat. Fold in 2 beaten eggs after tempering them with a few spoonfuls of the mixture.

Pour into deep dish shells and cover with a second shell. Brush the tops with either beaten egg white of melted butter if you wish. Bake for 40 minutes at 350.