The Crab Pie is a delicious Mexican specialty, typical of Tampico. Its tender dough is made with flour, salt, baking powder, butter, eggs, and a touch of skill. Filled with juicy crab meat, this dish is a true gastronomic treasure. Don't miss this tasty recipe.
To prepare the Crab Pie, start by mixing the ingredients necessary for the dough in a bowl.
Shape a circle with the mixture, leaving a hollow in the center to add the butter and eggs.
The ingredients are incorporated perfectly with care, dividing the dough into two equal parts.
Crab Pie
Ingredients
300 grams of Flour
150 grams of Butter
1 tablespoon of Baking powder
3 Eggs
300 grams of Cleaned crab meat
400 grams of Roasted, peeled, and seedless tomato
4 tablespoons of Oil
3 tablespoons of Cornstarch or flour
100 grams of Pitted and chopped olives
50 grams of Capers
3 grams of Seedless chopped chilacas peppers
1 pinch of Salt
1 pinch of Pepper
Preparation
Step 1 : To prepare the dough, sift the flour, salt, and baking powder into a bowl.
Step 2 : Next, form a circle with the mixture, leaving a hollow in the center where the softened butter, cut into small pieces, is placed, along with the whole eggs, reserving a little of the egg white.
Step 3 : All ingredients are incorporated perfectly with the help of a spatula, being careful not to over-manipulate the dough.
Step 4 : Once the dough is homogeneous and smooth, divide it into two equal parts.
Step 5 : With the first half of the dough, form a tortilla that is flattened with a rolling pin until it reaches a thickness of less than 1/2 cm.
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