Pie
Pie
Start by making a shortcrust pastry by whisking flour, salt, and sugar in a bowl. Add butter and water gradually and form a dome. Bake it at 190° C for 25 minutes covered and 15 minutes uncovered. Fill the pastry with any food of your choice, cover it with more shortcrust pastry, and bake for 25 minutes uncovered and 25 minutes covered with foil. Let it cool down and serve.
It is a fruit pie in which the primary filling is made of apples. A classic baked dessert made with a pastry crust.
For the filling: mix mashed pumpkin, milk, sugar, eggs, and cinnamon with an electric mixer. Pour it into a shortcrust pastry and bake for 40-60 minutes. Let it cool for 20 minutes before serving.
It is an English dessert made from bananas, whipped cream, and a thick caramel sauce, combined with either a pastry base or one made from crumbled biscuits and butter.
It is a Floridian dessert made with key lime juice, egg yolks, and condensed milk. Key lime pie can be served with a meringue topping or whipped cream.
In a large bowl, combine sliced apples, sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice, and mix to coat evenly. Take the pie crust (shortcrust pastry) and fill it with the apple mixture. Coat the pie with more shortcrust pastry (lightly baked) and apply egg wash. Bake for 25 minutes at 204° C, turn the oven down to 190 °C and bake for another 35 minutes. Cool at room temperature for a few hours before serving.
To make chocolate pie, melt chocolate and mix with sugar, cornstarch, milk, and egg yolks. Cook until thickened, pour into a baked crust, chill until set, and top with whipped cream before serving.
Add sugar, cornstarch, salt, and milk in a saucepan, along with 4 egg yolks. Stir gently and cook on medium heat. When it reaches a boil, add chopped dark chocolate and vanilla extract to the mix. This is the filling for the pie. Now, add this to a shortcrust pastry and refrigerate for a couple of hours. Serve chilled.
For a chocolate pie, use high-quality, finely chopped semi-sweet or bittersweet baking bars (55% to 70% cocoa). Premium brands deliver a rich, complex flavor that complements the texture of the pie.
For the richest chocolate mud pie, use high-quality bittersweet (60% to 70% cocoa) or semi-sweet baking chocolate bars, like Cadbury Bournville dark chocolate or Cadbury cocoa powder.