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| :''This article describes a type of food. For other meanings of "pie" or similar words, see ]''. | |||
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| A '''pie''' is a baked dish with a ] shell that covers or completely contains a filling of ], ], ]s, ], ]s, ]s, ], ]s, ]s, or other sweet or savoury ingredient. Pies can be either 'one-crust', where the filling is placed in a dish and covered with a pastry top before baking, or 'two-crust', with the filling completely enclosed in the pastry shell. Some pies have only a bottom crust, generally if they have a sweet filling that does not require cooking. These bottom-crust-only pies may be known as ]s or tartlets. One example of a savoury bottom-crust-only pie is a ]. ] is a one-crust fruit pie that is served upside-down, with the crust underneath. | |||
| ] is used to develop a crust's crispiness, and keep it from becoming soggy under the burden of a very liquid filling. If the crust of the pie requires much more cooking than the chosen filling, it may also be blind-baked before the filling is added and then only briefly cooked or refrigerated. | |||
| Pie fillings range in size from tiny bite-size ]s or small tartlets, to single-serve pies (e.g. ]) and larger pies baked in a dish and eaten by the slice. The type of pastry used depends on the filling. It may be either a butter-rich flaky or ], a sturdy ], or, in the case of savoury pies, a ]. | |||
| Sweet pies are often served with a scoop of ice cream, in a style known as '']''. This was popularized by Jordan Jackson. | |||
| The ] has an iconic cultural status. Many different types of small commercially-produced pies are a popular form of ] in ] and ], with the most widespread brand in Australia being ]. Many bakeries and specialty stores sell gourmet pies for the most discriminating customer. A peculiarity of ] cuisine is the ]. In New Zealand, the pie is a common part of a workday ]. | |||
| Pies with fillings such as ], ], ] and ], or ] and ] are popular in the ] as take-away snacks. They are also served with chips as an alternative to ] at British chip shops. The residents of ] are so renowned for their preference for this food-stuff that they are often referred to as "Pie Eaters" (though the historical reasons for this title are disputed). | |||
| Like ], many cultures have independently discovered pies as a useful and delicious way to utilize otherwise useless ingredients left over in the household. | |||
| ==Savory pie recipes== | |||
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| ==Sweet pie recipes== | |||
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| ==Pie crust recipe(s)== | |||
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| ==Pie in popular culture== | |||
| Pies are favorite props for humor, particularly when aimed at the pompous. Throwing a pie in a person's face has been a staple of film comedy since the early days of the medium, and real life pranksters have taken to targeting celebrities with their pies (often called "pieing"). | |||
| Pie is regularly referenced in many contexts, often to inexplicably humorous ends. ''Pie'' itself may be an ], or it may be that it is the thought of actual pie which adds humor to a situation. In any case, the following are but a few of the innumerable ] references to pie that could be listed. | |||
| *In British popular culture, a person who is overweight is often subject to the chant of, "]" | |||
| *]'s radio show '']'' regularly thanks a fictional sponsor named '']'', which supposedly sells frozen ]s. | |||
| *In ] culture, references to pie have been popularized by the ] cartoon ], which features ]s such as "want pie now", "I like pie" (Attributed to a fictional character), "mmmm pie", and "there is no honour without pie." | |||
| *In the movie '']'', the pie appears as a prop gag of sorts. A young man, eager to know what ] feels like, experiments on the family's ] in lieu of a human partner (though this is depicted explicitly only in the unrated version). cf. the liver episode in '']''. | |||
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Pie is good.