Baking blind is to bake a pie shell empty of any contents in it, to harden and dry it.
Pies & Tarts
Boston Cream Pie
Boston Cream Pie is not what you’d normally think of in English as a pie — because it’s actually a cake. It is a layer cake consisting of two round cakes, one on top the other, with a filling in between of thick custard or pastry cream. The cake part can be butter cake or…
Floaters
Floaters is an Australian dish sold from food waggons in the street. It’s an individual portion size meat pie (an “Aussie Meat Pie”) served upside down in a disposable plastic bowl in a pool of thick split green pea soup, with lots of ketchup. The meat in the meat pies is ground beef, though you…
Fruit Pies
Fruit pies are very easy to make. There’s really just one set of general principles to learn, and then you can do thousands of variations on those few general principles.
Pastry Crust
A pastry crust doesn’t have to be a short crust. It can be a flaky crust. It has, though several synonyms with slight nuances to them, such as pastry shell, pie crust or pie shell, that imply certain things to the home baker. When the word “pie crust” is used, it’s generally taken to mean…
Pastry Flour
Pastry flour is a low-gluten flour typically made from soft “winter” wheats. You can get white or whole wheat, bleached or unbleached.
Pie Crust Recipe
This is a standard recipe for pie crust (aka shortcrust pastry), as was taught for decades in home economics classrooms.
Pie Day
The 23rd of January is National Pie Day in America, sponsored by the American Pie Council, to encourage people to make and eat pies.
Pie Plates
A pie plate is a dish used for making savoury or sweet pies in. Generally, all are oven safe, though they may be used for pies that are no-bake as well.
Pie Pumpkins
Pie pumpkins are pumpkins that are good for making pumpkin pies from. Rind colour may vary though it is typically orange.
Pumpkin Purée
Pumpkin purée is the technical term for what most of us just call “canned pumpkin.” It is frequently used in North America as the basis for pumpkin pie. See also: Pumpkin Pie Day, Pumpkins, Pie Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie What is pumpkin purée aka canned pumpkin Canned pumpkin is pumpkin that has been cooked by steaming,…
Tassie Press
A tassie press (aka tassie tamper, tart tamper) is a tool used for making for making small tart shells by pressing dough into shape rather than rolling dough and cutting it out.