Black Eyed Pea Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Place 2 tablespoons of olive oil into a large skillet over medium heat. Add the mushrooms and cook until reduced, 8 to 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Drain in a colander placed over a bowl.
• Place remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil into the same skillet. Add the onion and cook until transparent and soft, about 10 minutes. Stir in the chorizo sausage, and cook until evenly browned and cooked through. Mix in the jalapeno pepper, and cook until soft 2 to 4 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Drain, and cool slightly.
• Place the spinach, 1 1/2 cups black-eyed peas, Monterey Jack cheese, 1 egg, heavy cream, and cayenne pepper into the bowl of a food processor. Process until well mixed, but still chunky. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Line a 10 inch pie plate with one half of the pastry, letting excess pastry hang over the edge. Spoon the sausage mixture into the pie shell. Layer with the mushrooms, then the spinach mixture, and black-eyed peas. Cover the filling with the remaining pastry. Fold and crimp the edges to seal top and bottom pastry.
• Whisk the remaining egg together with the water in a small bowl, and use to brush over the top of the pie.
• Bake in preheated oven until top is golden brown, 45 to 60 minutes. Cool at least 15 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Sort through the peas and pick out any pebbles or other debris. Rinse the peas under cold water. Put the peas in a 5-quart Dutch oven and cover with 5 cups cold water. Place over high heat and bring to a boil; boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat, cover and let peas soak for 1 hour.
• Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crispy, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate to cool. When cool, crumble the bacon and set aside. Add the oil to the skillet with the bacon fat Add the onions, carrots and celery and cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 10 minutes. Add the collard greens and garlic and cook until the garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add the vegetables to the Dutch oven along with the chicken broth, ham hock, crumbled bacon, rice and 4 cups water. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook, covered, until the peas and rice are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Remove the ham hock from the Dutch oven. Discard the skin and bone. Chop the meat into small pieces and return it to the Dutch oven. Season the soup with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Whisk together the vinegar, sugar, oregano and hot sauce in a large bowl. Drizzle in the oil while whisking. Add the peas, pimentos, corn, garlic, onion, bell pepper and cilantro to the dressing; season with salt and pepper. Toss until everything is coated. The salad can be served immediately, but is better if it sits for a few hours or overnight.

Steps:

• Peel the eggplant and dice. Put the eggplant into a medium-size saucepan with the water and turmeric. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until the eggplant is very tender. Drain and mash. Set aside.
• In a different medium-sized saucepan put the oil, urad dal, mustard seeds and dried red chilies. Heat over high heat until the mustard seeds are popping and the urad dal is light brown.
• Reduce heat to medium low and stir in the curry leaves, ginger paste and hing.
• Add the mashed eggplant, the black eyed peas, the green serrano chilies and salt. Simmer the mixturefor 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Garnish with the cilantro.

Steps:

• Place peas in heavy medium saucepan. Add enough water to saucepan to cover peas by 2 inches. Let stand 30 minutes. Drain. Add water to cover peas by 2 inches. Generously salt water. Stir in 1 garlic clove. Boil until peas are very tender, adding more water to pan if necessary, about 1 hour.
• Using slotted spoon, transfer peas to processor. Process until smooth. Add remaining garlic clove and next 3 ingredients. Pulse until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer dip to 8-inch-diameter pie plate or quiche dish. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Top dip with cheddar. Bake until dip is heated through and cheese bubbles, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle dip with green onions and serve with tortilla chips.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In food processor, pulse drained black eyed peas with garlic cloves until smooth. Add softened cream cheese, chili powder and cayenne pepper and pulse to mix.
• Put mixture in 8 inch pie pan. Top with shredded cheese.
• Bake 20-25 minutes until cheese is melted and dip is bubbly. Top with chopped green onions and serve with your favorite tortilla chip.