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» This article is about the baked good. For the mathematical constant, see Pi. For other uses, see Pie (disambiguation).
A
pie is an
English baked food, with a baked shell usually made of
pastry dough that covers or completely contains a filling of
fruit,
meat,
fish,
vegetables,
cheeses,
creams,
chocolate,
custards,
nuts, or other
sweet or
savoury ingredients. Pies can be either "filled", where a dish is covered by pastry and the filling is placed on top of that, "top-crust," where the filling is placed in a dish and covered with a pastry/potato mash top before baking, or "two-crust," with the filling completely enclosed in the pastry shell.
Regional variations
Meat pies with fillings such as steak and cheese,
steak and kidney,
minced beef or
chicken and
mushroom are popular in the
United Kingdom,
Australia and
New Zealand as take-away snacks. They are also served with
chips as an alternative to
fish and chips at British chip shops. The combination of
pie and mash is traditionally associated with
London.
Shepherd's pie (which doesn't involve pastry) is also a favourite amongst people throughout Britain.
These meat pies contain beef and gravy in a shortcrust piecase, often with a flakey top. A peculiarity of
Adelaide cuisine in the
Pie floater.
Pot pies with a flaky crust and bottom are also a popular American dish, typically with a filling of meat (particularly beef, chicken or turkey), gravy, and mixed vegetables (potatoes, carrots and peas). Frozen pot pies are often sold in individual serving size.
Fruit pies may be served with a scoop of ice cream, a style known in
North America as .
Apple pie is a traditional choice, though any pie with sweet fillings may be served
à la mode. This combination, and possibly the name as well, is thought to have been popularized in the mid-1890s in the
United States.
Pie throwing
Cream filled or topped pies are favourite props for humour, 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 is often associated with
clowns in popular culture. Pranksters have taken to targeting politicians and celebrities with their pies, an act called
pieing. Activists sometimes engage in the pieing of political and social targets as well. One such group is the
Biotic Baking Brigade. "Pieing" can result in injury to the target and assault or more serious charges against the pie throwers.
Savoury pies
Sweet pies
Some of these pies are pies in name only, such as the Boston cream pie, which is a
cake. Many fruit and berry pies are very similar, varying only the fruit used in filling.
Apple pie
Banoffee pie
Banana cream pie
Blackberry pie
Blueberry pie
Boston cream pie
Buko pie
Cheesecake
Cherry pie
Chess pie
Cream pie
Custard pie
Key lime pie
Lemon meringue pie
Mince pie
Pecan pie
Pumpkin pie
Rhubarb pie
Shoofly pie - a pie filled with molasses
Strawberry pie
Sugar pie
Sweet potato pie
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