How To Make A Perfect Pie Crust

By Kathy Smith


The development of pie, and Our country's undying romance with it, was actually a slow and messy journey - not unlike making a pie itself. Warm pie is going to take you home even when you're sitting in a fancy table in a noisy and busy restaurant that seats and serves countless people and prepares nearly a million meals every single year. Pie is one of the mainstays that has made it easier for Southern cuisine to flourish throughout the country. There are pie recipes from old southern cookbooks, nevertheless they survive through tradition, passed down generation-to-generation.

Some fortunate chefs are born to make pie and pie crust from scratch; you can see it when they flick their hand, the easy and intuitive touch in the tips of the fingers, and accurate instincts about how exactly it should taste, look, texture, smell, and even feel inside the mouth. Most pie crusts are created by combining flour and ice cold water with shortening, butter, lard, or any blend of those fats.

Basic sweet pie crust is perfect for use in a treat in which a little sugar in the crust will improve the dish. Position the pie on a baking sheet to catch spills, and put it on the bottom rack inside hot oven. Position the pie on the lower shelf of the oven. Fruit pies have a tendency to run over, so always place the pie on a rimmed baking sheet for baking. Let the pie to cool on a wire baking rack or a thick marble slab, and serve the pie warm or at room temperature. Permit the pie rest for two-three hours before cutting up and serving; cutting when the pie is still hot from the oven can create a soggy crust. Expert pie pros and new at home cooks will both find these pie crust recommendations helpful.

Pie is usually served whole or maybe in rich, delicious slices like coconut cream, strawberry, rhubarb, or chocolate. In my family, a good pie crust that is buttery, crunchy and thick is a marker of your success as a cook. Regardless how you slice or bake it, pie is classic, simple, easy and it is everlasting. Nothing can beat warm, right out of the oven, homemade pie to complete a tasty meal.

A useful and enduring definition of pie doesn't get more bite-sized than this: Any kind of food, from four-and-twenty blackbirds to peaches to espresso mousse, that is cooked in any crust. Still, we are of the mind-set that pie is never more delightful, more full of goodness and all that in which implies, than if it is made with little more than a perfectly ripe berry, a nice heavenly dollop of real whipped cream, and a homemade - never store bought or frozen -any crust.




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