re: Recipes/Recipe Reviews.....

Best crawfish pie ive ever had! Its from John Besh of Restaurant August:


• 4 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1-1/2 cups onions, small diced
• 1/4 cup bell peppers, small diced
• 1/4 cup celery, minced
• 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 3/4 cup tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and diced
• 1/5 cup heavy cream
• 1 pound peeled crawfish tails
• 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
• 1 9-inch prepared pie shell


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Preheat the oven to 375ºF. In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the flour to the melted butter, stirring until it is incorporated. Cook for about 3 minutes.

Add the onions, bell peppers, celery, salt, black pepper, bay leaf, and cayenne pepper. Cook the vegetable mixture, while stirring, until golden brown. Add the tomatoes and cream to the mixture and cook for 15 minutes, while stirring.

Add the crawfish and allow them to simmer for two minutes before removing the pan from the heat. Refrigerate the mixture until cool.

Pour the chilled crawfish mixture into the prepared 9-inch pie shell and bake for 40 minutes or until the pie shell is golden brown. Remove from the oven and slice into 6 or 8 wedges.