Recipe - Crawfish And Spicy Cheese Tart

Homemade or prepared basic
pie
Dough, chilled (10inch pie
shell)
3 tablespoon Butter
One fourth cup Diced red pepper
One half cup Diced onions
3 tablespoon Flour
1 pound Crawfish tails
1 cup Hot pepper Monterey Jack
cheese; grated
2 tablespoon Green onions; chopped
Salt and cayenne; to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a floured surface roll out dough to a
10inch circle. Transfer to a large lightlygreased cookie sheet. In a
saute pan melt butter. When it begins to foam add red peppers and onions,
and cook for 2 minutes. Add flour and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add
crawfish and cook for 2 minutes more. Remove from heat and fold in cheese
and green onions. Season to taste with salt and cayenne. Mound crawfish
mixture in center of pastry circle, leaving a 2 to 3inch border of
pastry. Fold excess pastry up over filling, layering it over, but not
completely covering filling. Work around circle, continuing to fold over
previous fold, until it forms a rustic, freeform tart. Slide cookie sheet
into oven and bake for 35 minutes
Recipe By : ESSENCE OF EMERIL SHOW #EE2156

Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #263

Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 00:31:16 0700

From: "Rowaan@ix.netcom.com" rowaan@ix.netcom.com

NOTES : Yield: 6 serving