These Spicy Shrimp, Sausage & Black Bean Hand Pies brought home the gold at the 2024 Cornbread Festival. These tasty hand pies are made with a cornmeal-based dough and packed with big flavor from chili crisp-coated shrimp and andouille sausage. Then they’re served alongside an avocado-lime dipping sauce that you’ll dream about long after the hand pies are gone.
Level
Intermediate
Prep Time
40 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
Serves
10
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Directions
- Preheat your oven to 425°F and place a cast iron pizza pan on the middle rack.
- Coat shrimp with 1 tablespoon of chili crisp. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-low heat. Add shallots. After they soften, about 2-3 minutes, add garlic and ginger. Stir, then add carrots and water chestnuts.
- Add chopped sausage and black beans. Stir and cook, about 3 minutes.
- Make sauce: In a bowl, combine 1-2 tablespoons chili crisp, sriracha sauce, yogurt, soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, and lemon juice. Stir.
- Add shrimp to the skillet and stir with other ingredients. Reduce heat, then add sauce and cook briefly, about 2 minutes. Shrimp will not be cooked fully.
- Turn off heat, add green onions, and cilantro to the skillet mixture. Set aside.
- Add cornmeal, flour, parmesan, and salt to a food processor. Pulse, add cubed butter, then pulse until mixture resembles coarse sand.
- Add chili crisp and pulse to combine. While pulsing, add chilled vodka. Then add ice water, as needed, until the mixture resembles a clumpy dough ball.
- Prepare the surface by dusting with cornmeal and roll dough flat, about ⅛” thick.
- Cut out pastries using a 5”-6” pastry circle cutter to cut out 10 circles (yield may vary).
- Spread a generous ¼ cup filling on one half of each circle, leaving room to seal the circle.
- Use your finger to wet the bottom-half edge of the pastry circle, then fold to make a half-moon shape, pressing the sides together, then using a fork to crimp the pastry. Repeat this process.
- Using a sharp knife, make 2 vents in the pastry. Brush each pastry with egg wash and sprinkle lightly with coarse salt.
- Arrange pastries on a hot pizza pan and return to the oven to bake for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.
- While pastries bake, prepare sauce for dipping. Combine yogurt, avocado, lime juice, salt, and cilantro. Use an immersion blender or food processor to blend.
- Remove pastries from the oven and allow to rest a few minutes before transferring to the serving tray. Garnish with green onion, fresh cilantro and serve with lemon wedges.
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