Best 10 Fried Pinchy Pies Recipes

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Indulge in the delectable delights of Pinchies, a Caribbean specialty that tantalizes taste buds with its savory fillings enveloped in flaky, golden-brown pastry. These irresistible treats, also known as patties or turnovers, are a symphony of flavors and textures, perfect for any occasion. From classic beef and chicken to adventurous seafood and vegetarian options, Pinchies offer a diverse culinary journey. Discover the secrets of creating the perfect pastry, mastering the art of flavorful fillings, and achieving that irresistible golden-brown crust. With our comprehensive guide, you'll be able to recreate these Caribbean gems in your own kitchen, impressing family and friends with your culinary prowess. So, embark on this culinary adventure and savor the irresistible goodness of Pinchies, a taste of the Caribbean that will leave you craving more.

Here are our top 10 tried and tested recipes!

FRIED PIES



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Provided by Ree Drummond : Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 1h40m

Yield 8 to 10 pies

Number Of Ingredients 9

6 cups all-purpose flour
4 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup shortening, plus more for frying
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups buttermilk, more if needed
Apple pie filling, canned
Cherry pie filling, canned
Powdered sugar, for sprinkling

Steps:

  • To make the pastry, mix together the flour, granulated sugar and salt. Cut in 1 cup of the shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add 1 of the eggs and the buttermilk and stir until it just comes together. Add a little more buttermilk if needed. Form it into a ball and refrigerate for at least an hour.
  • To make the pies, roll the pastry out into a large square. Trim the edges to make a rectangle. Cut into 8 to 10 long rectangles, using a butter knife.
  • Spoon a tablespoon or so of filling into the top half of one of the rectangles.
  • Use the remaining beaten eggs to seal the edges by folding the bottom half of the rectangle over the top. Then crimp the edges shut with a fork. Repeat with the other pies, filling half with apple pie filling and half with cherry pie filling.
  • Heat shortening in a medium, deep saucepan over medium-high heat to 350 degrees F. Fry the pies until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove and immediately drain on paper towels.
  • Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.

PEACH FRIED PIES RECIPE



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Canned biscuits make easy work of these irresistible hand pies with a spiced, jammy filling. Wrap them in wax paper for a picnic, or top with whipped cream for a fancier dessert.

Provided by Southern Living Editors

Categories     Pies

Time 1h30m

Yield Makes about 16 pies

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 fresh peaches (about 2/3 lb.)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon cold salted butter
All-purpose flour (for dusting)
2 (16.3-oz.) cans refrigerated large Southern-style biscuits
2 cups shortening
Powdered sugar (optional)

Steps:

  • Bring a small saucepan of water to a boil. Make a small, shallow X in the bottom of each peach, just to break the skin. Place each peach in the boiling water for 10 seconds; immediately plunge into a bowl of ice water. Peel the skin with a paring knife. Remove the pits, and cut the peaches into slices.
  • Place the peach slices, sugar, lemon juice, and cardamom in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over high; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 5 minutes. Stir together cornstarch and water; stir into simmering peach mixture. Increase heat to high, and bring to a boil; boil until thickened, about 1 minute. Remove from heat, and stir in butter. Transfer to a bowl, and chill until ready to use.
  • Sprinkle a work surface with flour. Generously flour both sides of biscuits, and roll each into a 5 1/2-inch circle (about 1/8 inch thick). Place a heaping tablespoon of the chilled filling in the center of each dough circle, leaving a 1-inch border around the edge. Do not overfill. Using a brush or your finger, dampen the edge of the circle with water. Carefully fold the dough in half, pressing the edges together to make a half-moon shape. Press edges with a fork to seal.
  • Melt shortening in a Dutch oven over medium; heat to 325°F. Fry pies, in batches, until deep golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes on each side, turning as necessary to ensure even browning. Remove and drain on paper towels; if desired, dust with powdered sugar.

MAMA'S FRIED PIES



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 1h10m

Yield 6 pastries

Number Of Ingredients 9

8 ounces dried peaches
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons margarine
1 homemade pie crust, recipe follows, or substitute with ready-made biscuit dough
Oil, for frying
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Salt
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup ice-cold water

Steps:

  • Cook fruit in water until tender. Drain and mix with sugar and margarine. Mash well. Refrigerate overnight if possible. Roll out homemade piecrust dough and cut into saucer-sized circles.
  • Spoon fruit onto circles and fold over into crescent shapes, then close the edges completely with a fork. Fry until golden brown. Place fried pies on paper towels to absorb excess oil.
  • Variations: For baked pies, place crescents on a lightly-greased baking sheet in a 400 degree oven until golden brown.
  • For apple pies, use dried apples and add apple pie spice (or nutmeg and cinnamon) and vanilla to taste.
  • For prune pies, use dry, pitted prunes and add vanilla to taste.
  • Place the flour and a dash of salt in a mixing bowl. Add the shortening and cut it in with a pastry blender or use your hands, as I do. Add the water, a teaspoon at a time, kneading until the dough is smooth.

FRIED PIES



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You've seen those little pies that come in a box(used in lunch boxes)Do youself a favor,make your own.I'm not much on sweets,but fresh is always better.And they freeze very well.

Provided by Brenda Brown @Catnails

Categories     Fruit Appetizers

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 cup(s) all purpose flour
2 teaspoon(s) baking powder
1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
3 tablespoon(s) shortening
3/4 cup(s) milk
1 can(s) pie filling,your choice ,may be the pudding style
- sugar glaze,powdered sugar or cinnamon sugar

Steps:

  • Sift dry igredients into a bowl,then cut in shortening.
  • Add milk gradually,
  • Press into a ball.Roll out to 1/8 inch thick.
  • Cut into rounds or rectangles or squares,in size desired. When filled & folded over you will get half moons or squares or triangles.
  • Place 2 Tablespoons or so in center,moisten edges with water. Fold over and seal edges with tines of a fork.
  • Deep fry at 350* until golden brown.Drain on paper towel and glaze or dust with cinnamon or powdered sugar.
  • Cool well before storing in an air tight container in fridge.

FRIED MINI FRUIT PIES



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I had leftover pie filling from the campfire pies we made last weekend so I decided to do this with them. So good and super easy, I just drop them in the fry daddy a few at a time and drain on paper towels! Yummy! Remember when McDonalds used to fry their pies??? So good!

Provided by Amy H.

Categories     Fruit Desserts

Time 20m

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 can(s) fruit pie filling (or 2 c. of your favorite home made pie filling)
2 pillsbury refrigerated pie crusts.
canola oil for deep frying
powdered sugar

Steps:

  • 1. Lay out pie crust. Use a wide mouth jar or glass to cut circles in pie crust.
  • 2. Spoon a tbsp. pie filling on half the circle and fold crust over. Seal edges with a fork
  • 3. Fry in hot oil until golden brown.
  • 4. Drain on paper towels. Cool slightly and sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.

LISA'S FRIED PIES



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My family loves my fried pies and they are so delicious and moist and fruity. I make with apple, cherry, blueberry, blackberry and peach. I make them all the time.

Provided by Lisa Johnson

Categories     Pies

Time 50m

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 c all purpose flour
1/2 c shortening
1 tsp salt
1/2 c cold water
1 can(s) any kind of fruit filling like apple, peach, blackberry, cherry and blueberry
glaze:
1/2 c confectioners' sugar
2 Tbsp milk

Steps:

  • 1. Sift flour and salt together. Cut in the shortening.
  • 2. Add water and mix with fork. Roll out to about 1/8 inch thick on a floured board.
  • 3. Cut with a large cookie cutter (4 inches in a diameter). In each round, place 1 heaping tablespoon fruit filling.
  • 4. Moisten edges with cold water, fold and press edge with a fork.
  • 5. Heat oil in deep fryer, fry pies, a few at a time, 2 to 3 minutes on each side; cook until golden brown.
  • 6. Drain on paper towels. Drizzle glaze over fried pies while warm.

FRIED PINCHY PIES



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I am obsessed with the thought of frying things on white bread, which led to being obsessed with the thought of frying things IN white bread. These fried peanut butter and jelly pinchy pies are the result.

Provided by Chef John

Categories     Sandwiches

Time 10m

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 5

3 cups vegetable oil for frying
4 slices white bread
peanut butter
4 teaspoons any flavor fruit jelly
1 teaspoon confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Steps:

  • Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  • Cut bread into 3 1/2-inch rounds using a round cutter.
  • Spread peanut butter into the center of 2 slices of bread, leaving 1/2-inch space around the border. Repeat with the jelly for the remaining 2 slices of bread.
  • Place 1 slice jelly bread and 1 slice peanut butter bread together and press down edges to form a seal. Repeat with remaining slices.
  • Place pies in preheated oil and cook until golden and crispy, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels. Dust with powdered sugar and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 530.1 calories, Carbohydrate 37.8 g, Fat 40.1 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 6.6 g, SaturatedFat 5.7 g, Sodium 394.5 mg, Sugar 10.8 g

FRIED DRIED PEACH PIES



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My grandmother made these flaky little pies for the family when I was a child. We ate them as fast as she could fry them up.

Provided by Laura Yoder

Categories     Fruit Desserts

Time 55m

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 c all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 c shortening or lard
1/2 c milk
8 oz dried peaches
2 c water
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 c sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
2 Tbsp butter

Steps:

  • 1. Cook dried peaches on medium low heat in 2 cups of water, sugar, lemon juice, butter and cinnamon until peaches are soft and consistency is thick. Approx. 35-45 minutes.
  • 2. Place flour and salt in a medium sized bowl. Cut in shortening until crumbly. Add milk and mix until soft dough forms. Divide dough into 10 portions. Roll each portion into a 6 inch circle. Place 1 heaping teaspoon of filling on half of dough. Fold over and seal edges.
  • 3. In a large electric skillet bring 1/2 inch of oil to 350 degrees. Place 5 pies in oil and fry for 3-5 minutes on each side. Place on paper towel then sprinkle with sugar.

MRS. NEELY'S FRIED PIES



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This recipe has a story...Mrs. Neely was a school teacher and I was helping care for her elderly husband. Now, I was a Northerner who had only been in Tennessee for a very short time, upon arriving for work one morning there was a note on the counter, " Mr. Neely would like fried peach pies for breakfast." What?....I had never...

Provided by Deanna Rodgers

Categories     Other Breakfast

Time 2h30m

Number Of Ingredients 12

PIE DOUGH:
4 c all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
2 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 can(s) 14-oz. evaporated milk
1 large egg
2/3 c vegetable oil
FILLING:
1 pkg 16-oz. peaches, apricots or apples
2 1/2 c water
2/3 c sugar

Steps:

  • 1. Sift flour, salt, sugar and baking powder. Add evaporated milk, egg and oil. Mix well. Chill 2 hours. Sprinkle small amount of flour on flat surface. Roll dough 1/8 inch thick. Cut into 6 inch circles(about the size of a saucer.)
  • 2. While dough chills, cut fruit into quarters and pace in sauce pan with the 2-1/2 cups water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 40 minutes or until fruit is very soft. Stir in the 2/3 cup sugar. Cool.
  • 3. Place a 1/4 cup fruit on each circle. Fold over, moisten edges and seal using tines of fork. Fry in skillet in shallow oil until puffed and golden brown, turning once. Drain on paper towels. Can be eaten warm or cold.
  • 4. NOTE: The pies can be fried in a deep fryer at 375 degrees, until golden brown.

FRIED PINCHY PIES



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I am obsessed with the thought of frying things on white bread, which led to being obsessed with the thought of frying things IN white bread. These fried peanut butter and jelly pinchy pies are the result.

Provided by Chef John

Categories     Sandwiches

Time 10m

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 5

3 cups vegetable oil for frying
4 slices white bread
peanut butter
4 teaspoons any flavor fruit jelly
1 teaspoon confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Steps:

  • Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  • Cut bread into 3 1/2-inch rounds using a round cutter.
  • Spread peanut butter into the center of 2 slices of bread, leaving 1/2-inch space around the border. Repeat with the jelly for the remaining 2 slices of bread.
  • Place 1 slice jelly bread and 1 slice peanut butter bread together and press down edges to form a seal. Repeat with remaining slices.
  • Place pies in preheated oil and cook until golden and crispy, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels. Dust with powdered sugar and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 530.1 calories, Carbohydrate 37.8 g, Fat 40.1 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 6.6 g, SaturatedFat 5.7 g, Sodium 394.5 mg, Sugar 10.8 g

Tips:

  • To make the dough, use cold butter and shortening. This will help to create a flaky crust.
  • Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface. This will help to prevent the dough from sticking.
  • Cut the dough into circles using a biscuit cutter or a glass. Make sure the circles are large enough to fit the crab filling.
  • Fill the dough circles with the crab filling. Be sure to not overfill the dough circles, or the pies will be difficult to seal.
  • Fold the dough circles in half and seal the edges with a fork. This will help to keep the filling inside the pies.
  • Fry the pies in hot oil until they are golden brown and crispy. Make sure to turn the pies frequently so that they cook evenly.
  • Serve the pies hot with your favorite dipping sauce.

Conclusion:

Fried pinchy pies are a delicious and easy-to-make appetizer or snack. They are perfect for any occasion, and they are sure to be a hit with your friends and family. With just a few simple ingredients, you can create these delicious and satisfying treats that will leave you wanting more. So next time you are looking for a quick and easy snack, give fried pinchy pies a try!

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