don't buy any of those frozen GOD knows what is in it pies! make this delicious shrimp pie fresh in your kitchen in less than 30 minutes and pop it in the oven and let the magic happen! a hearty yet very healthy shrimp pie that will charm you from the first look at it!a perfect golden circle ! who can resist that!
Servings 8pieces
Ingredients
for the dough:
3½cupswhole wheat flour
½tspsalt
1tbspactive dry yeast
1tbspbrown sugar
1largeegg white
1tbspwhite vinegaror any vinegar you have work
1 cupmilkwarm
2tbspyogurtroom temperature
1/4cup olive oilor any vegetable oil
for the filling:
½tbsprapeseed oilor any vegetable oil of your choice
500gjumbo shrimps cleaned
2 mediumonions cut into wings
¼cupleekwashed and thinly sliced
¼cup celery stickchopped
2mediumcapsicum any color of your choice cut into thin stripped
2mediumcarrotsjulienned
1tspsalt
½tsp ginger powder
½tspcurry powder
½tspgarlic powder
¼tspnutmeg, freshly grated
1/4tspwhite pepper powder
⅓cupcooking cream
⅓cup mozzarella cheesefreshly grated
⅓cupyellow cheddar cheesefreshly grated
for the egg wash topping:
1eggyolk
2tbsp milk , liquid
1tsp instant coffee powder
2tbspsesame seedsoptional
Instructions
FOR THE DOUGH (by hand):
Mix yeast with half of the warm milk in a small glass bowl and set aside to bloom (make a foam skin on the top of the mixture)
Mix the dry ingredients together in a bowl (flour,salt,sugar)
Whisk all the wet ingredients in another deep bowl (egg white, vinegar, yogurt,milk)
Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture, add the bloomed yeast mixture and mix with a spatula .transfer to a floured clean space and knead till you have a smooth elastic dough.
Brush it with some oil , put in a deep glass bowl and cover with a wet towel and let it rest for 45 minutes till 1 hour , until it double in size. meanwhile, start preparing the filling
FOR THE DOUGH (BY MACHINE):
I have an automatic bread machine and you can use also a stand-up mixer with a dough hook.
Mix yeast with half of the warm milk in a small glass bowl and set aside to bloom (make a foam skin on the top of the mixture)
in the mixer or bread machine bowl, add the dry ingredients, than whisk the egg with remaining wet ingredients and add on top of the dry mixture in the bowl. add the yeast mixture and turn on your machine. for my automatic machine , I close and set the menu on program 28 (pizza dough) and after it is done I let it rest in the machine bowl until it doubled in size, the process is faster in my machine because it keep it in the right warm temperature to rise.
if you are using the stand-up mixer , just add everything like above and knead it until you have a smooth elastic dough. Brush it with some oil , put in a deep glass bowl and cover with a wet towel and let it rest for 45 minutes till 1 hour , until it double in size. meanwhile, start preparing the filling
THE FILLING:
On medium heat, add the oil in a deep skillet and add the shrimp. cook for 5 minutes until the shrimps are cooked through and turn pink. Add the onion, stir fry for 2 min than add the leek and stir fry for a minute. Than add the celery and stir fry for a minute. Than add the capsicum and stir fry for a minute. Than finally add carrots and stir fry for 2 minutes. just stir fry quickly we don't want to over cook the veggies and end up with mushy veggies keep in mind the filling will cook more inside the oven.
Add the salt and seasonings and mix it through till everything is coated.
Add the cooking cream mix and let it cook through for 3 minutes. turn off the heat and set the filling aside to cool down a little bit so we can spread it inside the pie.
assembly:
wipe your 30 cm circle baking tray with a little bit of oil.preheat oven on 180 C °.divide the dough into two equal pieces.roll it over until you have a large circle that is bigger than your baking tray by at least 5 cm all around the diameter. the dough should not be thick , spread it to a thin layer ( half centimeter thickness ) put the first rolled part in the bottom of the tray and keep the edge outside .
mix the two type of cheese and spread half the mixture on the dough. pour in the filling and spread it over . sprinkle the remaining cheese on top of it .
top it with the second part of the rolled dough and close the edge of the bottom and the top dough together .
whisk the egg yolk with milk and the instant coffee and brush the top of the pie with it. sprinkle the sesame seeds on top . gently poke the top dough with a fork or knife
Put the pie in oven and bake for 20 minutes in the middle rack until the edges get crispy golden brown color. for extra deep color, turn off the heat and turn on the broiler from top and broil until you have a golden brown color. Keep an eye on it it can get burn quickly, It won't need more than a couple of minutes.
remove from oven and let it sit for 15 minutes minimum before cutting.serve it with some salad and enjoy.
Notes
you can use any size of shrimp you like, make sure it clean, divined and pealed. you can use raw or freezer kind also but make sure you defrost and thaw before cooking.
you can mix and play with your choice of veggies, but I tried so many versions and combinations and this one is the best combo that bring up the flavors and enhance it.
serve this pie with a coleslaw or quick Caesar salad as a side.
you can store any leftovers in the fridge for 4 days.
if you had any leftovers of the dough you can fill it with some cheese or chocolate and bake it like the pie .
you can check my IG story highlights i saved this recipes steps and what i did with the dough leftovers.