Pie

Pies are a filled, baked pastry dish, distinguished from quiches and tarts by the presence of a topcrust.

Types of pie

Many things have been historically put into pies, such as "four-and-twenty-blackbirds", referring to the old rhyme of the same name.. Meat, fish, fruit, lard, vegetables or even cheese, almost anything that is solid enough not to seep out during the baking process may be used.

• Steak and kidney pie is a traditional meat-based recipe.
• Pork pie is a traditional Northern English staple, generally served cold. It has a distinctively cylindrical form; most other pies are somewhat flatter.
• Mom's apple pie is a traditional American fruit-based form.
• Custard pies are either pies of set custard, or more often fake (and topcrustless) pies used in cinematic and theatrical slapstick performances as non-lethal missiles.
• Stargazy pie, a traditional Cornish dish is made with fish, traditionally with the stargazer, an upward-looking, bottom-dwelling species.
• Shepherd's pies, despite their name do not contain agricultural workers, but instead are made with minced meat, historically lamb.
• Cottage pies are similar to shepherd's pies, but contain beef instead of lamb. They do not contain small houses.
• Admiral's pies likewise do not contain high-ranking naval officers, but rather white fish.
• Hairy Pie is a colloquial term in Great Britain for pie served on a bed of parsley, other herbs, or shredded cabbage or lettuce (depending on location and season). In Hebden Bridge these pies are usually served on a bed of parsley, two to a plate.
• It should also be noted that Scotch pies do not generally contain whisky.