Crawfish And Cheese Tart

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 pie dough, chilled (homemade or store bought enough for a 10-inch pie shell)
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup diced red pepper
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 lb crawfish tail
• 1 cup grated monterey jack pepper cheese
• 2 tablespoons chopped green onions
• salt and cayenne

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 on a floured surface roll out dough to a 10-inch circle. transfer to a large lightly-greased cookie sheet.
• 3 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.
• 4 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, freeform tart. slide cookie sheet into oven and bake for 35 minutes.