It will last about two months in the freezer. After that, it might still be usable for decoration, but will make a lousy pie.
The bird is a magpie because the pastry is a pie.
A dough used to contain different types of sweet or savory fillings, generally with a top of the same pastry and baked
A pies crust is the pastry case. The pastry is the outer part of the pie with the filling in the middle. Some pies known as tarts or flans have a pastry base, some pies just have a pastry topping, and some pies are completely enclosed in pastry. The pastry is the pie crust.
shortcrust pastry
yes
baked too long, baked too high a temp. Addition: If the pastry was tough then there could have been too much water in the mixture. Water aids the development of gluten, which makes pastry tough. It could also be because you "handled/kneaded or worked with" the pastry for too long. When making pie pastry, you must handle the pastry as little as possible.
Neither, it's a pastry
Pastry dough.
The amount it would require to thaw would depend on the temperature the pie was frozen. Most frozen fruit pies can be baked from their frozen state.
Yes, you can use puff pastry as a substitute for traditional pie crust. Puff pastry will create a flakier and more buttery crust compared to traditional pie crust.
a pie is pastry filled with fruit, vegies or meat.
The cooking time for a frozen chicken pot pie is typically around 45-60 minutes at 375F.