Custard pie
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- This article is about the dessert. For the Led Zeppelin song, see Custard Pie (song).
A custard pie is a pie crust filled with a cooked custard. Ideally a custard pie should be light and delicate, but still have good body. A custard pie is firmer than a cream pie, which is actually a custard pie thickened with cornstarch and then topped with whipped cream, or a chiffon pie, which is custard thickened with cornstarch and gelatin and then folded into whipped cream.
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[edit] Method
Heat oven to 400 °F. Whisk together 4 large eggs, 2/3 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg and 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt. Mix 2 cups milk and 1 cup heavy cream in a saucepan and heat until mixture starts to steam. Pour into a glass measuring cup and let the milk mixture cool for 30 seconds, then pour in the egg mixture, whisking gently. Pour custard mixture into a prebaked pie shell and bake for 25-30 minutes. Remove pie from the oven when the edge of the custard has set but the center two inches still wobble when the tin is shaken. (The center will continue to cook and set after the pie is removed from the oven.) Cool on a wire rack for at least two hours before serving.
[edit] As a weapon
The American billionare Bill Gates was once filmed being struck in the face with a custard pie while attending a conference. [1] The attackers, who described themselves as 'pie terrorists', were later fined. [2] The practice of 'flanning', or throwing custard pies into the faces of public figures as a sign of disapproval, is well-known; its victims include designer Karl Lagerfeld, American singer Kenny Rogers and Dutch finance minister Gerrit Zalm.[3] People who appear to take themselves too seriously are said to be most at risk.
[edit] References
Kimball, Christopher (1996). The Cook's Bible: the best of American home cooking, Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-49371-6.
