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Cooking & Baking

dem in texas

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16. Why is the crust soggy?

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Sun Oct 6, 2019, 06:17 PM

Oct 2019

The crust of a cream pie should not get soggy. So why? Is the crust is not baked long enough. Too much flour and not enough fat in the crust? Dark metal pie pans used instead of glass? The custard is not cooked enough? Usually the main problem is the meringue is weeping because it is not cooked enough or portions of egg white to sugar are not correct.

if you think you will have to make the pie a long before serving or have pie left over, make a French meringue, then run it under the broiler a few minutes to brown the top. Pie crust should not need any protection.

A fruit pie which is juicier might leak on to the crust, but yum,yum, a gooey fruit pie crust is not bad.

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I have a pie pastry question. PBS is airing a show about pies. They showed one [View all] Arkansas Granny Oct 2019 OP

there is already fat in the dough Kali Oct 2019 #1

Not an egg wash. He spread it around with his hand, it was white and Arkansas Granny Oct 2019 #3

interesting Kali Oct 2019 #4

Will be over for pie TEB Oct 2019 #6

Methinks it's egg wash. . .ie. beaten egg or egg white with water DinahMoeHum Oct 2019 #2

I think the show may be mindem Oct 2019 #5

It's a one hour show on Create channel, "A Few Good Pie Places". Arkansas Granny Oct 2019 #7

if it was lard or shortening, that sounds AWFUL. Grasswire2 Oct 2019 #8

It's egg white dixiegrrrrl Oct 2019 #9

I thought about that, but he applied it with his hand and it kept its shape. Arkansas Granny Oct 2019 #10

Perhaps he beat the egg white like one would for a meringue? WePurrsevere Oct 2019 #12

You are right. That's what it was. Arkansas Granny Oct 2019 #15

how did you find it out? dixiegrrrrl Oct 2019 #17

Reply #13 has a link to the program. They never said it was egg white, Arkansas Granny Oct 2019 #19

But the best part of the pie is the bottom dough soaked with the filling! dawg day Oct 2019 #11

Looks like a beaten egg white to me. Link to show on PBS... WePurrsevere Oct 2019 #13

Thanks. I had missed that part. It does look like a soft meringue. Arkansas Granny Oct 2019 #14

Why is the crust soggy? dem in texas Oct 2019 #16

in a restaurant, you cant have your pie falling apart. mopinko Oct 2019 #18