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                     CRAWFISH AND SPICY CHEESE TART

Recipe By     : ESSENCE OF EMERIL SHOW #EE2156
Serving Size  : 0    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : New Imports                      Meat - Seafood

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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                       Homemade or prepared basic pie
                       dough, chilled (10-inch pie shell)
  3      tablespoons   butter
    1/4  cup           diced red pepper
    1/2  cup           diced onions
  3      tablespoons   flour
  1      pound         crawfish tails
  1      cup           hot pepper Monterey Jack cheese -- grated
  2      tablespoons   green onions -- chopped
                       Salt and cayenne -- to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a floured surface roll out dough to a 10-inch circle. Transfer to a
large lightly-greased 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 3-inch 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,
free-form tart. Slide cookie sheet into oven and bake for 35 minutes



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NOTES : Yield: 6 serving