Lobster Pot Pie
Recipe Type: Entree
Cuisine: Maine
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Serves: 5
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onion
- 3/4 cup chopped fennel
- 1/4 pound unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 cups fish stock or clam juice
- 1 tbspn Pernod
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 3/4 teaspoons ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 3/4 pound cooked fresh lobster
- 1 1/2 cups frozen peas
- 1 1/2 cups frozen small whole onions
- 1/2 cup minced parsley
- Pastry
- 3 cups flour
- 1 1/2 tspns salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 8 tablespoons fresh lard
- 8 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
- 1/2 to 2/3 cup ice water
- 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water or heave cream for egg wash
Instructions
- Saute onions and fennel with the butter in a large saute pan on medium heat until the onions are translucent, 10 to 15 minutes. Add the flour and cook on low heat for 3 more minutes, stirring occasionally. Slowly add the stock, Pernod, salt and pepper and simmer for 5 more minutes. Add the heavy cream.
- Cut the lobster meat into medium-sized cubes. Place the lobster, frozen peas, frozen onions and parsley in a bowl. Pour the sauce over the mixture and check the seasonings. Set aside.
- For the crust, mix the flour, salt and baking powder in a food processor fitted with a metal blade. Add the lard and butter and pulse 10 times, until the fat is the size of peas. With the motor running, add the ice water; process only enough to moisten the dough and have it just come together. Dump the dough out on a floured surface and knead quickly into a ball. Wrap the dough in plastic and allow it to rest for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Divide the dough in half and roll out each half to fit a 9 inch (2 inches deep) baking dish. Place 1 crust in the dish and fill with lobster mixture. Top with second crust. Crump the crust together and brush with the egg wash. Make 4 to 5 slashes in the top crust and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes until the top is golden brown and the filling is bubbling hot.
