Crawfish Pie

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup flour
• 3 tablespoons tomato sauce
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup celery, finely chopped
• 4 green onion tops, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons dry
• 2 lbs crawfish tails, peeled
• 4 green onion tops, chopped
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon cayenne
• 1 (10 ounce) package of pepperidge farm's frozen puff pastry shells, thawed

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan melt the butter over medium heat.
• 2 whisk in the flour and cook, stirring frequently, until the roux turns dark golden brown.
• 3 stir in the tomato sauce, onion, bell pepper, celery, green onion bottoms, and garlic. add the and reduce the heat.
• 4 cook, covered, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour.
• 5 stir in the crawfish tails, green onion tops, salt, and cayenne. cook, covered, for 20 minutes.
• 6 transfer the mixture to a medium bowl and cool for 30 minutes.
• 7 on a floured surface roll out 4 of the patty shells to form the bottom pastry crust, transfer the crust to a 9" pie pan, and fill it with the crawfish mixture.
• 8 roll out the remaining 2 patty shells to form the top crust, place it on top of the pie, and seal the edges.
• 9 bake at 400 degrees f for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown.