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?