What is a pie with no bottom crust called?

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asked May 26, 2022 in Other-Food Drink by naidpic (760 points)
What is a pie with no bottom crust called?

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answered May 27, 2022 by Niddletwin (3,380 points)
A pie with no bottom crush is called a deep dish pie or also a crustless pie.

A crustless pie is a pie with no bottom crust which can be any type of pie without the bottom crust.

A pie with no bottom crust is just simply called a crustless pie.

Even though the pie has no bottom crust it's still a pie but just a crustless pie.

The lack of crust might not make much of a difference for a pumpkin or a pecan pie, but when it comes to the classic fruit pies — apple, blueberry, cherry, peach — no crust just seems wrong.

Think about it. How is a crustless apple pie any different from sautéed apples? Here's how.

The popular crustless pie recipes like this Crustless Blueberry Pie don't forgo many of the ingredients in a classic pie crust, they just use them differently.

Instead of making a crust with flour they mix flour with eggs and butter and pour the mixture over the fruit and sugar.

If you're looking for the miracle of a gluten-free pie sans crust, this isn't that miracle (unless you substitute gluten-free flour for white flour).

The end result is something more in line with a clafoutis than a pie.

The fruit ends up embedded in a cake-like base.

The main difference I see between crustless pies and a clafoutis is that a clafoutis adds some milk to the mix to make the inside a bit more custard-like.

Most people if given the choice would choose a traditional fruit pie with crust over one of these crustless pies, but I can see where a crustless pie makes sense.

If you don't have any pre-made crusts, and you don't want to take the time to make crust (or you aren't confident in your crust-making abilities), you can whip up a crustless pie quickly.

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