Pie Dough
Pie Fillings
Pie Types
Finishing Techniques
Miscellaneous
100
Use this flour for pie dough.
What is Pastry flour?
100
Fruit and liquid are cooked and thickened with starch. This method is used for dried fruits.
What is the Cooked Fruit Method?
100
Name 2 types of "Baked Pies".
What are:
- Fruit Pies
- Custard Pies (pumpkin, pecan, quiche)?
100
When preparing whipped cream, the whipping cream ____________ ___ _______ when properly whipped.
What is doubles in size?
100
Baking a pie crust without a filling.
What is Blind Baking?
200
Which pie dough recipe requires the baker to mix the fat in the flour until the fat pieces are the size of coarse cornmeal?
What is Mealy dough?
200
Use this method when making pie fillings with fragile berries.
What is the Cooked Juice Method?
Bring the juice to a boil. Thicken with slurry. Cook until it is clear and thickened. Add sugar, salt and flavourings. Stir until dissolved. Pour the thickened juice over the drained fruit and mix gently so as not to break the fruit.
200
Name 2 types of "Unbaked Pies".
What are:
- Cream Pies (coconut cream, banana cream, etc.)
- Chiffon Pies
200
Cutting holes or lines in the top crust of a pie to prevent pressure buildup and cracking.
What is Venting?
200
Use this pie dough for top crusts.
What is Flaky dough.
300
Which pie dough recipe requires the baker to mix the fat in the flour until the fat pieces are the size of peas?
What is Flaky dough?
300
When preparing pastry cream for a cream pie, it is important to ensure the custard comes to a _______ _______ after adding the cornstarch and eggs.
What is a second boil?
300
A pie crust is blind baked, then filled with luke-warm pastry cream, chilled and then topped/decorated with whipped cream.
What is a Cream Pie?
300
Whipping egg whites with granulated sugar to firm peaks produces ______________.
What is meringue?
- Adding a small amount of acid, such as cream of tartar or lemon juice produces a more stable foam.
300
Use this pie dough for bottom crusts.
What is Mealy dough?
400
Name the 4 ingredients used to make "Mealy dough".
What are: Pastry flour, fat (shortening or butter), cold water, and salt?
400
Custard pies, such as pumpkin and pecan hold their shape after baking because of this.
What is coagulated egg protein?
400
Use this starch to thicken pies that will be frozen.
What is Waxy maize or a freezer stable modified starch?
400
Using a star-tip in a piping bag, move the tip while squeezing the bag in a tight circular motion, as if you are drawing a small letter e.
What is a rosette? 
400
Which pie dough type requires the baker to begin by creaming butter and sugar?
What is short dough, also called sweet paste?
500
Use this pie dough for small tarts and fruit flans.
What is short dough, also called sweet paste?
500
A pie filling made with either pastry cream or fruit filling, gelatin (bloomed and heated to melt it), and meringue gently folded in.
What is a Chiffon Pie?
- The gelatin sets when the pie is chilled enabling the filling to hold its shape.
500
Do this to check if a baked custard pie, such as pumpkin or pecan, is cooked.
- Shake the pie gently. If the centre is slightly soft/jiggly the pie is done. The pie's own heat carries over and continues to cook the pie once you remove it from the oven. OR
- Insert a thin knife 2 cm from the centre of the pie at a slight angle. If it comes out clean, the pie is done.
500
Using a piping bag with a star-tip filled with topping, move the tip in a continuous circular motion as you move around the outer rim of the pie or cake.
What is a Continuous loop? 
500
Name 3 methods to prevent pie crusts from puffing up/blistering during blind baking.
What is:
- Docking (poking holes) in the unbaked pie dough
- Filling the unbaked pie dough with dried beans/rice, over a layer of parchment paper.
- Baking the pie crust upside-down on an empty pie pan?