German Hamburger Fischpastete Hamburg Seafood Pie

CLASSIC HAMBURGER PIE

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes; drain. Set aside to cool in a large bowl.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 1 1/2-quart casserole dish.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef and onion in the hot skillet until the beef is crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Stir green beans and tomato soup into the ground beef mixture; transfer to prepared casserole dish.
• Mash the cooled potatoes with milk, egg, garlic, pepper, and salt; spoon in mounds over the ground beef mixture. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese over the potatoes.
• Bake in preheated oven until cheese is melted and edges of dish begin to brown, 25 to 30 minutes.

COLONIAL SEAFOOD PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F 10 minutes before the pie is ready to go inches.
• Dissolve the chicken bouillon in 2 cups hot water and bring to a boil.
• Cook the scallops, oysters and fish in the chicken stock for 5 minutes or until the fish flakes easily when pierced with a fork.
• Remove seafood and strain the stock.
• Reserve the stock.
• Melt butter in a small skillet over medium heat and sauté the onions and celery.
• Stir in the flour; add the stock and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened.
• Add the scallops, oysters, fish, lobster and sherry.
• Season with salt and pepper; cool.
• Line a 1-quart casserole, deep-dish pie plate, or four individual 5-inch casseroles with the pastry.
• Pour in the seafood mix and top with pastry.
• Cut vents int eh top so that the steam can escape.
• Bake at 375°F for 25-30 minutes until the pastry is golden brown.

IRISH SEAFOOD PIE

Steps:

• FOR THE PASTRY: Cut shortening into flour and salt until particles are size of small peas. Sprinkle in water , 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost cleans sides of bowl. Gather pastry into a ball; shape into flattened round. Wrap in plastic wrap.
• PREPARE FILLING; If scallops are large, cut into 1 inch pieces. Cook and stir mushrooms and leek in 2 tablespoons of the margarine in 10 inch skillet over medium heat until mushrooms are light brown and liquid is evaporated, about 5 minutes. Remove from skillet. Heat 2 tablespoons of the margarine in skillet until hot. Cook and stir scallops over medium heat until white, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove with slotted spoon. Drain liquid from skillet, reserving 2 tablespoons.
• Heat remaining 1/4 cup margarine in skillet over low heat until melted. Stir in flour, salt, mustard and pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth and bubbly. Remove from heat; stir in half and half. Add enough wine to reserved scallop liquid to measure 1/3 cup; stir into half and half mixture. Heat to boiling stirring constantly; boil and stir 1 minutes. Stir in mushroom mixture and scallops. Pour into ungreased shallow 1 1/2 quart casserole.
• Heat oven to 425°F Unwrap pastry and place on well floured board. Roll dough 1 inch large than top of casserole, using floured stockinet covered rolling pin. Cut out designs with 1 inch cookie cutter. Place pastry over top of casserole; turn edges under and flute. Mix egg yolk and water; brush over pastry. Bake until golden brown, about 25 minutes. Serve with lemon wedges if desired. 4 servings.
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IMPOSSIBLE SEAFOOD PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Lightly grease large pie plate (10 inch).
• Mix crabmeat, cheeses and onion in pie plate.
• Mix remaining ingredients in blender until smooth (15 seconds on high).
• Slowly pour liquid mixture into pie plate. Bake until golden brown for 35 to 40 minutes.
• Let stand 5 minutes before cutting.

HAMBURG PIE

Steps:

• Pre heat oven 375 degrees.
• Take beef, onion, 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder, milk and ketchup and mix up good. Pat in a 9 inch deep dish pie pan on bottom and up sides of dish, covering all sides and bottom.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until done. Drain grease off.
• Mix corn, 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder, 1/3 cup parmesean cheese and put on top of baked meat.
• Mix hot mashed potatoes, egg and rest of parmesean cheese together and put on top, covering the whole top with potatoes. Dot with butter and salt and pepper to taste.
• Bake another 25 minutes. Serve.

SAUTEED SOLE OR FLOUNDER

Steps:

• Heat butter and oil in a large skillet until hot.
• Dip the fish first in buttermilk, then in the flour, shaking to remove excess flour.
• Sauté fish for 2-3 minutes per side, depending on thickness of fish.
• Remove fish from the pan, drain on paper toweling or a paper bag.
• Serve with lemon wedges.
• Variations:.
• With Browned Butter and Almonds: After the fish is cooked through, place on a hot serving dish and keep warm. Clean out the pan and add about 3 TBSP butter. Cook the butter over medium heat until it is lightly browned, adding 2 TBSP slivered almonds just as the color of the butter is turning. Pour the browned butter and almonds over the fish.
• With Herbs and Butter: Follow directions above, but adding chopped chives and parsley (or chopped sweet marjoram or chirvil) to the butter. Sauté the herbs with the butter for 30 seconds. Pour the herb butter over the fish before serving.

GERMAN HAMBURGERS (FRIKADELLEN)

Steps:

• Soak Kaiser roll in a bowl of water for 10 minutes. Drain, squeezing out excess water, and crumble into a large bowl.
• Mix crumbled roll with ground beef, ground pork, onion, parsley, egg, paprika, salt, and black pepper until well blended. Shape meat into large flattened meatballs.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat; fry meatballs until browned and no longer pink in the center, about 5 minutes per side.

HAMBURGER PIE

Steps:

• Cook potatoes until tender, mash with milk, butter, salt and pepper.
• While potatoes are cooking, brown ground beef and onions, drain off fat.
• Drain liquid from green beans.
• Stir tomato soup and green beans in to ground beef.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Turn beef mixture in to a 1 1/2-quart casserole dish.
• Spoon mashed potatoes over the top.
• Bake, uncovered, in a 350°F oven for 30 minutes.
• (Note: you may want to place a sheet of foil under the casserole dish, this tends to "bubble over").