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Questions about preparing, baking and troubleshooting pies (sweet or savory). Pies are a baked dish of a flaky pastry crust surrounding a filling. They vary greatly in size.

Questions about preparing, baking and troubleshooting pies (sweet or savory). Pies are a baked dish of a flaky crust surrounding a filling. They vary greatly in size.

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Making meat pies for the freezer

I realise a 'pie' may mean different things to different people. In my case it's chicken mushroom and tarragon pie with shorcrust pastry base and a top fully enclosing the filling. If i'm eating the pie on the day then I usually blind bake the bases…
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What is the purpose of pie weights?

Some pie recipes call for placing weights on the pastry when it is cooked prior to the addition of fillings. Why is this necessary? What effect does it have?
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Making real soured milk - what sort of lactobacillus culture to get?

I am looking to make an antique recipe (amish milk pie) which calls for thick soured milk. I can get my hands on raw milk, but it's iffy whether or not it will have the correct lactobacillus present to make proper soured milk. So, I was considering…
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Help making Montgomery Pie layer properly

When it comes to "putting the pie together" before baking, the recipe handed down by my great aunt states to pour liquid in bottom of uncooked pie shell, THEN "spread" topping on top of pie. How in the world is this possible? You cannot physically…
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What kind of pie is this?

So over the thanks giving holiday my wife asked me to go get the apple pie out of the chill chest. However there were three different pies in there and they all looked alike, and neither of us knew which was which. We ended up cutting all of them…
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Can I use sprinkling of sugar in pie pan before the crust?

I put a sprinkling of coarse sugar on top of a pie crust that's been brushed with egg, to crisp it a little. Can I put a sprinkling of the coarse sugar directly in the pie pan before putting the bottom layer of crust in it, to give a little bit of…
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Fix for runny pecan pie

I have read the boards from people who ask what they can do with a pecan pie that did not set up and all the responses are what the cook should have done from the beginning. That doesn't help. Is there something I can do NOW to fix it? Should I…
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What is the difference between Dutch Pie and German Pie?

I've seen several recipes of the two pies and even then I don't know if there is an original. Usually in Dutch Pie in Brazil, picture here, I see it based on a dough made with melted butter and crushed crackers. As filling a crème pâtissière and a…
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How can I get my cream pie to set?

I have made a coconut cream pie and after being in the fridge overnight, it did not set up. Is there anything I can do now to get it to firm up? The coconut flakes are already in it, so I don't think I can remove the filling to bring it to a boil…
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Why do some recipes call for kneading pie/tart dough?

I've have read many times that pie dough is meant to be held sparingly to avoid creating gluten, but kneading the pie dough does exactly that. So, what is the motivation?
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Pie Crust Partially Cooked

I was given a pie at a food bank,it is not out of date, how ever, when I cut the pie the bottom crust was raw, how can I fix this, can I bake it for awhile, I need an answer, I really don't want to throw it away, It is a Pineapple Upside Down Pie,…
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Reheated half a cherry pie in the oven. Accidentally left it in said oven overnight

Is it still safe to eat? It was cooked the other day, reheated last night, and left in the oven until 4:30, turned off of course.
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Key Lime Pie Filling - Thins out after pumping

Key Lime pie filling thickens once the lime juice is added to the sweetened condensed milk and allowed to sit. Why does the filling thin out when it is pumped and require static hold time to thicken back up?
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