Best Oyster Pie Recipes

OYSTER PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a large saute pan or cast iron skillet add bacon and cook over low heat until rendered and crisp. Remove the bacon from the pan onto a paper towel line plate and keep the bacon fat over low heat. There should be about 1/4 cup of bacon fat left in the pan, canola oil can be added if you need more. Add the onions and the celery and cook until soft, about 2 minutes. Add the green onions, garlic, Essence, salt, and cayenne. Add the flour and cook, stirring, to make a light roux, about 3 minutes. Add the oyster liquor, cream and lemon juice, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Next add the oysters and cook just until the oysters start to curl, about 2 minutes. Remove the oyster mixture from the heat and add the bacon and parsley, let cool slightly.
• Roll the dough out on a floured work surface and split into 2 equal pieces. Transfer half of the dough to a 9-inch pie pan and form into a crust and set aside.
• Pour the oyster mixture into the pie shell and cover with the other half of the rolled out dough. Crimp around the edges to seal and make slits in the top to allow steam to escape. Bake until the crust is golden brown and the filling is bubbly, about 30 minutes. Allow to cool slightly prior to serving.
• In a food processor, combine the flour, diced butter and salt. Pulse the mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Drizzle in the ice water and pulse until the mixture comes together. Turn the dough out of the food processor, form into a ball, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• 1 pie shell
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly.
• Recipe from "New New Orleans Cooking", by Emeril Lagasse and Jessie Tirsch
• Published by William Morrow, 1993.

SOUTH JERSEY OYSTER PIE

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat until golden brown, about 10 minutes; remove to a paper towel-lined plate to drain, reserving the drippings. Crumble the bacon.
• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9-inch pie pan with 1 of the pie crusts.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of the reserved bacon drippings in a skillet over medium-low heat; add the onion, celery, garlic, and green pepper to the hot drippings, cover, and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Remove the cooked vegetables to a bowl. Increase heat to medium and stir 3 tablespoons of the reserved drippings and the flour together in the skillet to make a thick paste. Slowly pour the cream and 1 cup of the reserved liquid from the oysters into the paste; cook and stir until a thick gravy forms. Fold the bacon, oysters, and vegetables into the mixture; season with seafood seasoning. Pour the mixture into the prepared pie crust. Cover with the remaining crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 30 minutes.

CAJUN OYSTER PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain bacon, reserving 1 tablespoon bacon grease. Crumble bacon and set aside.
• Heat bacon grease and vegetable oil over medium heat. Stir in flour and cook until flour is light brown. Slowly whisk in milk and 1 cup reserved oyster liquid. Stir until a thick gravy has formed.
• Stir in Worcestershire sauce, Cajun seasoning and oysters. Pour mixture into a 9 inch pie shell and cover with top crust.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, until crust is golden.

OYSTER PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees with rack in center. Butter a shallow 9- to 10-inch baking or pie dish. Drain oysters, reserving the liquid. Check oysters for shells, and discard shells. Melt 3 tablespoons butter over medium heat in a medium skillet, and cook scallions until soft, 3 minutes. Stir in Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco Sauce. Transfer mixture to a medium bowl, and let cool.
• Stir in oysters, 1/4 cup parsley, salt, and pepper. In a medium bowl, combine cracker crumbs and remaining 3/4 cup parsley. Melt remaining 11 tablespoons butter, and stir into crumb mixture. In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup of the reserved oyster liquid with half-and-half. Spread an even, thin layer of the crumb mixture in the bottom of the baking dish. Cover with one-third of the oyster mixture. Cover with 1/2 cup crumb mixture, followed by one-third of the oyster liquid. Continue until all ingredients are used, two more times, ending with crumb mixture. Bake until golden brown on top, 25 to 35 minutes. Serve hot.

OYSTER PIE WITH LEEKS, BACON AND MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Bring a pot of well-salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, until completely tender. Drain potatoes, reserving 1 cup of cooking liquid. Return potatoes to pot, add 2 tablespoons butter and season generously with salt and pepper. Mash well, adding cooking liquid as necessary to thin. Cover and keep warm.
• Meanwhile, render the bacon: Put a medium skillet over medium-high heat and add lardons. After a minute or so, when they begin to sizzle, turn heat to medium and stir them in pan to distribute evenly. Cook for a minute or two, letting bacon soften without browning. When it is just beginning to crisp, tip everything into a fine mesh sieve over a bowl to drain. (Reserve the fat for another purpose.) Set bacon aside.
• Put a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat and add 2 tablespoons butter. Add leeks, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring, until wilted but still bright green, about 1 minute. Add reserved bacon, thyme, crème fraîche, heavy cream, mustard and cayenne; bring to a simmer. Add oysters and oyster juices, cook 1 minute, then remove from heat. The mixture will be rather soupy.
• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Transfer oyster mixture to a low-sided casserole dish approximately 9 inches across. Carefully cover the surface with spoonfuls of mashed potatoes in an even layer. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and Parmesan and dot with butter. Set pan on a baking sheet in case there's overflow while cooking. Bake for about 40 minutes, until you can see the stew simmering at the edges and the top is beautifully browned. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with parsley.

OYSTER PIE

Steps:

• Oyster filling:.
• In a large bowl, combine the oysters, potato soup, margarine, plus the salt and pepper to taste.
• Crust (2):.
• Mix flour and Crisco well with a fork.
• Add a small amount of warm water to make a soft dough. Divide into 2 balls of douogh.
• Sprinkle some flour on cleaned countertop and roll the first ball of dough thin.
• Line a 9-inch Pyrex pie plate.
• Sprinkle more flour and roll the other ball of dough thin. Reserve to top the pie.
• Assembly:.
• Fill the pie plate that has the crust lining it with the oyster mixture.
• Cover the top with the second crust.
• Cut top in a crisscross pattern to allow steam to escape.
• Bake at 375 degrees for approximately 30 minutes and crust is brown.

CHICKEN AND OYSTER PIE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, stir flour and 1/2 cup chicken broth until smooth. Add remaining broth; cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 1 minute more. Remove from the heat. Add the potatoes, chicken, oysters, peas, celery, eggs and parsley; mix gently. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Dot with butter. Roll pastry into a 14x10-in. rectangle; place over chicken mixture. Seal pastry edges to sides of baking dish. Cut steam vents in top of pastry. Bake at 425° for 35 minutes or until golden brown.

OYSTER PIE

Steps:

• Parboil potatoes, celery and carrot until fork-tender. Drain and season with salt and pepper. Layer vegetables and oysters in baking pan. Dot top with butter; pour heated milk over. Cover with pastry. Paint with egg wash. Make a few small slashes in the pastry for the steam to escape. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 35 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
• Combine flour and butter with a pastry cutter, in a food processor, or by rubbing together with your fingers. Add shortening, and salt. Continue to combine adding 1/4 cup cold water. Gather into a ball and flatten into an 8-inch disc. Refrigerate 30 minutes.

CHICKEN AND OYSTER PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place chicken and oysters in casserole dish. In a saute pan, add butter and melt. Add celery and saute for 2 minutes. Stir in flour. Add broth, reserved oyster liquor, and cream, and stir until thickened. Add salt, pepper, nutmeg, lemon juice, and zest.
• Roll out pie dough so it is slightly larger than the casserole dish. Pour sauce over chicken and cover with pie dough. Bake for 40 minutes.

RICK STEIN'S BEEF, GUINNESS AND OYSTER PIE

Steps:

• Season the pieces of steak with salt and pepper, then toss with the flour and shake off but reserve the excess. Heat 3 tbsp of the oil in a flameproof casserole or large saucepan and brown the meat in 2 batches until well coloured on all sides. Transfer to a plate.
• Add another tbsp of the oil, half the butter and the mushrooms to the pan and fry briefly. Set aside with the beef. Add the rest of the oil and butter, the onions and sugar to the pan and fry over a medium-high heat for 20 minutes, until the onions are nicely browned. Stir in the reserved flour, then gradually add the Guinness and stock and bring to the boil, stirring.
• Return the beef and mushrooms to the pan with the thyme, bay leaves, Worcestershire sauce, ¾ tsp of salt and some pepper, then cover and simmer for 1½ hours, until the meat is just tender.
• Lift the meat, mushrooms and onions out of the liquid with a slotted spoon and put into a deep 1.2 litre (2 pint) pie dish. Bring the liquid to the boil and boil rapidly until reduced to 600 ml (1 pint). Remove and discard the bay leaves and thyme twigs, adjust the seasoning if necessary and pour into the pie dish. Stir everything together well and leave to cool completely.
• Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. To open the oysters, wrap one hand in a tea towel and hold an oyster in it with the flat shell uppermost. Push the point of an oyster knife into the hinge, located at the narrowest point, and wiggle the knife back and forth until the hinge breaks and you can slide the knife between the 2 shells. Twist the point of the knife upwards to lever up the top shell, cut through the ligament and lift off the top shell. Release the oyster from the bottom shell and remove it, picking out any little bits of shell. Add the oysters to the pie dish and push them well down into the sauce. Push a pie funnel into the centre of the mixture.
• Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface until it is 2.5cm (1in) larger than the top of the pie dish. Cut off a thin strip from around the edge, brush it with a little beaten egg and press it on to the rim of the dish. Brush it with more egg, cut a small cross into the centre of the larger piece of pastry and lay it over the dish so that the funnel pokes through the cross. Press the edges together well to seal. Trim away the excess overhanging pastry and crimp the edges between your fingers to give it an attractive finish. Chill for 20 minutes to relax the pastry.
• Brush the top of the pie with beaten egg and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the pastry is crisp and golden and the filling is bubbling hot.

HAM AND OYSTER PIE

Steps:

• Firstly, drain oysters and reserve liquid.
• Saute onion in butter until transparent.
• Melt remaining butter.
• Add flour to this.
• Stir well until smooth.
• Add oyster liquid, wine and milk.
• Cook until thick.
• Stir often.
• Remove from heat.
• Add oysters, onion, ham and lastly peas.
• Pour into a buttered 2 quart casserole.
• Bake uncovered for 15 minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenhit.

OYSTER BACON POT PIE

Steps:

• Place an oven rack in lower third of oven, and preheat oven to 400 degrees. Drain oysters, reserving 1 1/2C oyster liquor. Cook bacon in a Dutch oven over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 8 minutes or until crisp. Drain bacon on paper towels; reserve 3T drippings in Dutch oven. Add butter and next 4 ingredients to Dutch oven; saute 5 minutes. Add garlic and lemon juice; cook 1 minute. Add wine, and cook 2 minutes. Sprinkle with flour; cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Stir in cream, next 4 ingredients, and reserved oyster liquor; bring to a boil. Boil, whisking constantly, 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in oysters and bacon. Spoon mixture into 6 lightly greased 12-oz ramekins. Cut pastry sheets into circles slightly larger than ramekins, and place 1 on top of filling in each ramekin. Whisk together egg and 1T water; brush mixture over pastry. Bake at 400 degrees on lower oven rack 30 to 35 minutes or until browned and bubbly. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.

OYSTER AND BLUE CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• Make the pastry dough: Heat oven to 400 degrees. Whisk flour with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Using fingers, pastry cutter or food processor, add 6 tablespoons butter in bits and combine until the mixture's crumbs are the size of peas. Beat egg yolk with 3 tablespoons cold water, add to flour mixture and toss with a fork or pulse by machine until the mixture starts to come together to form a dough. You may need to add another tablespoon or so of water.
• Gather dough on a floured surface, form in a disk and roll in a 12-inch circle. Fit into an 8-inch pie pan. Crimp edge. Line with foil, add pastry weights and bake 15 minutes. Remove foil and weights and bake until golden, another 10 minutes or so. Remove from oven.
• Make the filling: While pie shell bakes, melt 1 tablespoon butter in a 10- to 12-inch skillet, add leeks, fennel and apple, and sauté on low until tender and translucent. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper and remove from heat.
• Place oysters in a 3-quart saucepan with just enough water to cover. Heat pan on medium high until water reaches 141 degrees, measuring with a candy thermometer. Shut off heat and let sit on burner for 5 minutes. Remove oysters from water and allow to cool briefly. Holding oysters flat side up, use an oyster or clam knife to open shells (they will have gaped enough to make this easy) and remove oysters, doing so over a bowl to catch the juices.
• In a separate bowl, mash cheese, adding 3 tablespoons reserved oyster juice. Beat egg white until softly peaked and fold into cheese.
• Spread leek mixture in pie shell. Spread cheese mixture on top. Place in oven and bake 20 minutes.
• Melt remaining tablespoon of butter and allow to turn nut-brown. Mix with oysters. Remove pie from oven and arrange buttered oysters on top. Bake 2 minutes more. Strew with fennel fronds. Let pie set about 10 minutes, then cut in portions and serve.

CHICKEN AND OYSTER PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Combine chicken and oysters and place in a buttered casserole; add butter, salt and pepper.
• Pour white sauce over meat.
• Cover dish with piecrust, making several slits in crust to allow for escape of steam.
• Bake for 35 minutes or until golden.

CHICKEN AND OYSTER HOT PIE

Steps:

• Begin by making cream sauce. In a small sauce pan melt butter over medium heat.
• Blend in flour with a whisk stirring to work out lumps and cook for 2 minutes.
• Blend in dry mustard.
• Slowly add cream or half and half whisking all the while. Continue stirring until this begins to thicken, but do not boil, reduce heat temperature if necessary to keep from scorching.
• Continue to cook and stir 2-3 minutes until thickened, and smooth.
• Remove from heat, set aside covered while you prepare pie.
• For pie: Combine chicken and oysters and spread in first pie crust.
• Drizzle butter over, then season with salt and pepper.
• Pour prepared cream sauce over chicken and oysters.
• Cover with second pie crust and seal edges with a fork, cut a crisscross vent hole in center top crust for steam.
• Bake at 375 degrees F. for 35-40 minutes.
• Pies that are allowed to set for 15 minutes or so will set up a little for slicing.

OYSTER-BACON POT PIE

Steps:

• Place an oven rack in lower third of oven, and preheat oven to 400°.
• Drain oysters, reserving 1 1/2 cups oyster liquor.
• Cook bacon in a Dutch oven over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 8 minutes or until crisp.
• Drain bacon on paper towels; reserve 3 Tbsp. drippings in Dutch oven.
• Add butter and next 4 ingredients to Dutch oven; sauté 5 minutes. Add garlic and lemon juice; cook 1 minute.
• Add wine, and cook 2 minutes.
• Sprinkle with flour; cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute.
• Stir in cream, next 4 ingredients, and reserved oyster liquor; bring to a boil.
• Boil, whisking constantly, 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat; stir in oysters and bacon.
• Spoon mixture into 6 lightly greased 12-oz. ramekins.
• Cut pastry sheets into circles slightly larger than ramekins, and place 1 on top of filling in each ramekin.
• Whisk together egg and 1 Tbsp. water; brush mixture over pastry.
• Bake at 400° on lower oven rack 30 to 35 minutes or until browned and bubbly.
• Let stand 15 minutes before serving.

OYSTER AND ROCKFISH POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 395 degrees F.
• Heat the olive oil and butter in a large saucepot over medium-high heat. Saute the mushrooms, potatoes, carrots, leeks, celery, garlic and onions for about 5 minutes. Add the flour to the vegetables to coat well, and then add the white wine. Continue to cook over medium heat for 3 minutes. Add the stock and cream and stir until smooth. Simmer on low heat until the vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes. Add the rockfish, cook for 5 minutes, and then add the oysters, herbs and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper.
• Divide the mixture into 6 large ovenproof ramekins and cover with the rounds of chilled puff pastry. Brush the tops of the pastry with the beaten egg and bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes.

OYSTER PIE

Steps:

• 1. coarsely crush crackers, using butter-flavored cooking spray, spray a pie pan and spread a 1/3" layer of crushed crackers. Then carefully place the oysters in a pin-wheel manner, rotating every other one so the 'feet' of one are layed out with the other end alternately, then sprinkle a little black pepper on the oysters, and top with another layer of crushed crackers and dribble the juice from the jars over the pie, and dot with tiny dabs of butter. Cover with foil and bake for 35 minutes, remove the foil and allow the crackers to brown for 10-15 minutes-- serve hot! YUMMY