A cream pie, crème pie, or creme pie is a type of pie filled with a rich custard or pudding that is made from milk, cream, sugar, wheat flour, and eggs[2] and typically topped with whipped cream.
 A slice of coconut cream pie topped with whipped cream and toasted coconut | |
| Place of origin | United States[1] |
|---|---|
| Main ingredients | Pie crust, milk, cream, flour, sugar, eggs |
Cream pies are usually what is used for pieing, or throwing a pie in someone's face.
Variations
editOne notable version is the banana cream pie. Cream pies are made in many other flavors, including vanilla, lemon, lime, peanut butter, coconut, and chocolate.[2]
Ingredients
editMost cream pies have a custard filling and a whipped cream topping. The custard filling is related to crème patissière, a key component of French cakes, and tarts. It is a one-crust pie, where the crust covers the bottom and sides but not the top. The crust may be a standard pastry pie crust, or made with crumbled cookies or a graham cracker crust.
Most cream pies are made with a cooked custard filling. The "Magic Lemon Cream Pie", invented at Borden and attributed to their fictional spokesperson, Jane Ellison, is instead thickened by the room-temperature curdling of a mixture of sweetened condensed milk, eggs, and lemon juice. This later evolved into Key lime pie.[3]
Pieing
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Pieing, or throwing a pie—usually a cream pie—has its origins in the "pie in the face" gag from slapstick comedy. It appears on stage in the music hall sketches of the English theatre impresario Fred Karno.[4] The practice is also used to express disapproval of politicians or other public figures and is sometimes done lightheartedly at charity events, where someone in a position of authority will volunteer to receive a pie in the face from the winning bidder.
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Chocolate cream pie
Dishes with similar names
edit- Boston cream pie is an American cake that in the past has been referred to locally as a chocolate cream pie
- Sugar cream pie is an American custard pie
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Pie fight: Debating the origins of the Key Lime Pie". CBS News.
- ^ a b von Starkloff Rombauer, I.; Becker, M.R.; Becker, E. (2002). Joy of Cooking: All about pies & tarts. Joy of cooking all about series. Scribner. pp. 73–77. ISBN 978-0-7432-2518-2. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
- ^ Parks, Stella (2017). BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts. pp. 171–173. ISBN 978-0393634273.
- ^ Hopkins, Robert Thurston (1928). London Pilgrimages. Brentano's Limited.