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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
Neither, it's a pastry
Pastry dough.
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.
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Pastrophobia. The fear of Pie, or any heated pastry.
A pie has a pastry crust. A tartlet has a pastry bottom, no crust, and is small - commonly called a jam tart in Britain.
There are several purpose of the crust of a pie. However, the main purpose of the crust of a pie is defining the pies. A filled pie has pastry lining the baking dish, and the filling is placed on top of the pastry, but left open.
There is a specific "pork pie " pastry, designed for the purpose. It is based on "hot water crust pastry".