Pie Vocabulary

tenderizes, flavor, creates flakiness

What is the function of fat in pie crust

adds flavor

What is the function of salt?

provides structure

What is the functions of flour

Single crust

What type of crust has only a one bottom crust?

Savory Pie

What type of pie contains cooked meat, poultry, seafood or veggies in a thickened sauce

Cream Pie

What type of pie is cooked, cooled and poured into a baked pie shell

Custard Pie

What type of pie is made by baking uncooked custard along with the pie shell

Fruit Pie

What type of pie uses whole or sliced fruits combined with sugar and starch thickener

Baking pie shell blind

a baked pie shell before filling it is called?

Examples of a savory pie

chicken pot pie, turkey pot pie are examples of what type of pie?

Examples of a cream pie

chocolate cream pie, banana cream pie are examples of what type of pie?

Pastry blender

tool used to cut in fat to dry ingredients

Fork

tool used to toss pie dough when adding cold water

Tart

variation of a pie that uses a pan with zig-zagged sides

Galettes

variation of a pie where you do not use a pie pan, fold sides into middle

Pie shell

what holds the pie filling?

holds ingredients together

what is the function of cold water

Double crust

what type of crust has a top and bottom?

Fluted edge

decorated edging made with a fork or fingers

Thickeners used to thicken pie fillings

flour, cornstarch, tapioca are used as what in a pie filling?

overdevelop gluten and change texture

What happens when you over mix your pie dough?

egg

What ingredient do you need to create a custard pie

salt, flour, water, fat

4 main ingredients of a pie crust

single and double

The two types of pie crust?

Examples of a fruit pie

apple crumble pie, blueberry pie, cherry pie are examples of what pie?

Crumb crust

pie crust made from crackers or cookies

Docking

poking small holes on bottom crust before baking

Examples of a custard pie

pumpkin pie, pecan pie, cheesecake are examples of what type of pie?