Ingredients
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3 tablespoons olive oil
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3/4 cup yellow onion, chopped
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1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
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3/4 teaspoon cayenne
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1/2 cup green onions (green part only) or 1/2 cup scallion, chopped (green part only)
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1 tablespoon chopped garlic
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3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
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3/4 cup fine dry breadcrumb
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20 puff pastry, squares (3-4 inch square cut from large sheets)
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2 tablespoons milk, for egg wash
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creole seasoning (to garnish) or cajun seasoning (to garnish)
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3 cups all-purpose flour
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1 1/2 teaspoons salt
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3/4 teaspoon baking powder
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1 large egg
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1 large egg
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1 egg, for egg wash
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6 tablespoons vegetable shortening
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1/4 cup green bell pepper, chopped
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1 1/2 lbs peeled crawfish tails (can be purchased frozen)
Instructions
- Heat olive oil over medium heat in large pan.
- Add onions, bell pepper, salt, cayenne.
- Cook for 2 minutes, stirring a few times.
- Add crawfish and stir cook for 2 minutes.
- Add green onions, garlic, and parsley and stir cook for 1 minute.
- Pour mixture into medium-size bowl and let cool for about 3 minutes.
- Add the egg and breadcrumbs and mix well.
- Set aside.
- DIRECTIONS FOR PUFF PASTRY IN OVEN:
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- mix egg and milk well for egg wash.
- Place 2 tablespoons of crawfish mixture on each pastry.
- Seal with egg wash and brush top with egg wash.
- Bake in oven for 15 minutes.
- Sprinkle lightly with Creole or Cajun seasoning.
- Serve hot.
- DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING PASTRY AND DEEP FRYING:
- Preheat fryer.
- Sift flour, salt, baking powder into a large mixing bowl.
- Cut in shortening with pastry blender or 2 knives, until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- In small bowl, beat the egg with the milk.
- Slowly add egg mixture to flour mixture, to a thick dough.
- Divide dough into 12 equal portions.
- On lightly floured surface, roll out each dough piece into a thin round about 5 inches in diameter.
- Put about 1/4 cup crawfish mixture in center of each.
- Fold the dough over and crimp edges with fork.
- Deep fry 2 or 3 at a time till golden brown.
- Drain on paper towels.
- Sprinkle with Creole or Cajun seasoning.
- Serve hot.