Delicious Pies

1. DeliciousPies Creative Foods Created by: Miss Young

2. Pastry • The dough used to make piecrusts. • Pastry making is not difficult. • Requires practice and patience.

3. Flour - structure Fat – tender, inhibits development of gluten Water - moisture Salt - flavor Ingredients of Pastry:

4. Preparing Pastry: • Several methods - biscuit method is most popular. • Produces pastry that is both tender and flaky. • One-crust pie: prick the bottom and sides of the piecrust with a fork to prevent blistering during baking.

5. Preparing Pastry (cont.): • Use a pastry blender to cut shortening into flour. • Add cold water to pastry. • Place the dough on a piece of wax paper. • Lightly flour the dough. • Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough – bigger than the circumference of the pie plate.

6. Preparing Pastry (cont.): • To lift the dough, place a rolling pin close to an edge of the pie plate. • Slowly roll the pin towards you while lifting the dough. • Flute the crust.

7. Kinds of Pies: • Fruit • Cream • Custard • Chiffon

8. Fruit Pie • 2 crusts or lattice • Fruit filling • Fresh, canned, frozen, or dried fruit

9. Cream Pie • 1 crust filling • Cornstarch thickened pudding mixture • Meringue topping

10. Custard Pie • 1 crust custard • Milk • Eggs • Sugar

11. Chiffon Pie • 1 crust light airy mixture • Gelatin and beaten egg whites • Chill chiffon pie until filling sets.

12. Filling pleasing Flavor Texture Characteristics of a high quality pie: • Tender • Flaky • Crisp crust • Evenly browned

13. Review • What ingredients are used to make pastry? • What method will we use to make pastry? • What do you use to cut the shortening into the flour? • What are the four types of pies we discussed? • What is a lattice? • What are some of characteristics used to describe a high - quality pastry? • What are your favorite types of pies?

14. Pies: Which one looks good to you?

15. Taste of Home Pies:

16. Pie Preparation: