A
pie
is a
baked
food that is made from a
pastry
crust
. The common filling of a pie is
savoury
(with
meat
and/or
vegetables
) and
gravy
. Pies often have a round or
oval
shape.
A pie is cooked beforehand: this is the main idea. It can be cooked days before it is eaten. The crust keeps it in good condition if the pie is kept in a cool place. The pie can be eaten warm or cold.
Pies can be either:
- "filled", where a dish is covered by a pastry crust and the filling is placed on top of that,
- "top-crust," where the filling is placed in a dish and covered with a pastry/potato mash top, or
- "two-crust," with the filling completely enclosed in the pastry shell.
Pies are baked with a shell or crust, which is usually made of
pastry
. The filling may be
fruit
,
meat
,
fish
,
vegetables
,
cheeses
,
creams
,
chocolate
,
custards
,
nuts
, or other sweet or savoury ingredients.
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Some of these pies are pies in name only. An example is the Boston cream pie, which is a
cake
. Many fruit and berry pies are very similar, with the only difference being the fruit used in filling.
There are many different kinds of pie. People from different countries often have their own different type of pie.
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Meat pies with fillings such as steak and cheese,
steak and kidney
,
minced beef
or
chicken
and
mushroom
are popular in the
United Kingdom
,
Australia
and
New Zealand
as take-away
snacks
. They are also served with
chips
as an alternative to
fish and chips
at British chip shops. A "Wigan kebab" is a pie, put between halves of a
flour
-covered
bap
(bun). This is called a
barm cake
. The combination of
pie and mash
is associated with
London
.
Shepherd's pie
(which does not involve pastry) is a favourite with people in Britain.
Most meat pies are served hot. Pork pies usually have a very high fat content and may be served cold. These meat pies contain beef and gravy in a shortcrust piecase, often with a flaky top. Many
bakeries
and specialty
shops
sell gourmet pies.
Adelaide
(a city in
Australia
) has the
pie floater
, where a meat pie is floated in a plate of thick green
pea
soup
.
Pot pies
with a flaky crust and bottom are a popular
American
dish. They usually have a filling of meat (often beef,
chicken
or
turkey
), gravy, and mixed vegetables (potatoes,
carrots
and peas). Frozen pot pies are often sold in individual serving size.
Fruit pies may be served with a scoop of
ice cream
, a style known in
North America
as
a la mode
.
Apple pie
is a traditional choice. This combination, and possibly the name as well, is thought to have been popularized in the mid-1890s in the
United States
.
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A tourtiere is a meat pie. It was first created in
Quebec
,
Canada
. It is usually made with ground
pork
,
veal
, or beef.
Many countries have their own style of pie. For example:
- Spanakopita
is a savory pie common in
Greece
. It has a filling of spinach and cheese, and spices.
- Buko pie
is a traditional
Filipino
pie with
coconut
filling.
- Pyrih
(or pirog in
Russian
) is a
Ukrainian
pie. It may be sweet and contain
cottage cheese
, or fruits like
apple
,
plums
or various
berries
. Savoury versions may contain meat, fish, mushrooms, cabbage,
buckwheat
or
potato
.
- Torta caprese
is a traditional
Italian
chocolate and
almond
or
walnut
pie. It is sometimes made with a small amount of
liqueur
. The name refers to the island of
Capri
.
- Torta de Santiago
is a type of almond pie from the
Galicia
region in
Spain
. The filling is mostly ground
almonds
,
eggs
and
sugar
.
- Vlaai
is a pie from the
Limburg
region in the
Netherlands
. It comes in many different varieties of fruit fillings.
- Zelnik
is a traditional
Bulgarian
pastry. It is made of thin crusts filled with either cheese and eggs,
spinach
,
sorrel
, crumbled meat,
leeks
and
rice
, or very often in the winter period,
brined
cabbage
.
Cream filled or topped pies are favourite props for humour, particularly when aimed at people who are too serious. Throwing a pie in a person's face has been a staple of
movie
comedy
since the early days of the movies. It is often associated with
clowns
in
popular culture
.
Pranksters have taken to targeting
politicians
and celebrities with their pies, an act called
pieing
.
Activists
sometimes engage in the pieing of political and social targets as well. "Pieing" can result in injury to people and pie throwers can face
assault
or more serious
charges
.
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