What do you call a pie with only a top crust?
Chef's answer
Pies that have a pastry lid - but not pastry sides and bottom - are known as 'pot pies' and many people believe they aren't actually real pies at all.
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Use Cornstarch or Rice Flour Michael says that cornstarch or rice flour in combo with flour will give you the crunchiest batter. Even cake four will cook up crunchier than all-purpose flour because it doesn't have a high gluten level.
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2 Weeks Before: Make and Freeze Pie Dough, or an Entire Apple Pie. Make a few batches of pie dough now and freeze them.
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You may use all sorts of pumpkins and squashes (a Cucurbita moschata or Cucurbita pepo may be called either, depending on variety) to make a pie. The Halloween types may not be the best choice: they tend to be stringy, not very sweet, and sometimes over treated with pesticides..
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I bake the two pies at the same time. First I make the pumpkin pie and put it in the oven (the first 15 minutes bake at a hotter 425 degrees). Meanwhile, I assemble the pecan pie and add it to oven when it's time to lower the pumpkin pie temperature to 350 degrees.
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Here's the deal. Those large, showing pumpkins are full of water. Yes, you can cook up the flesh, make soup, breads, and cookies. But if you want to make pie or any other recipe that calls for canned pumpkin, then you must get rid of a large amount of liquid..
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Rice Krispies are an example of a puffed grain cereal, and the three puffed grains that you commonly see in the cereal aisle are rice, wheat and corn. ... Rice Krispies are oven-popped, which gives them the right texture to "snap! crackle! pop!" when milk is added..
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14 14 Custard or Soft Filling ? Custards, pumpkin, pecan, and similar pies are made with a liquid filling containing eggs ? The greatest difficulty in cooking soft pies is cooking the crust completely ? Start pie on bottom rack at 425-450 o F for 10 minutes then reduce heat to 325 o -350 o F to cook filling slowly..
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