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Authentic Cream Pie Recipe United States of America, North America
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Introduction & history
A diner classic, cream pie is perhaps the easiest of American desserts to prepare. A shortcrust pastry made with just flour, butter and sugar is pressed into a pie plate and usually baked at a medium temperature. Once cooled, a custard made with milk, sugar, yolks, eggs, and cream is poured into a pie shell and topped with whipped cream. Alternatively, the crust can be made with anything from wafers, chocolate cookies, even sugar cones, and cornflakes, while the standard vanilla custard, depending on the recipe, can be additionally flavored and decorated with, for example, coconut, chocolate, or bananas. Meringue can be used as topping instead of whipped cream in which case it must be baked. Coconut cream pie, as well as banana cream pie, are the most popular kinds, with chocolate cream pie coming in close second. Basically, there is no limit to how you can flavor a cream pie, all that is necessary is to add the desired flavor ingredient to the basic recipe.
Cooking tips
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crust
Besides shortcrust pastry, you can use graham crackers, chocolate cookies, and even sugar cones or cornflakes to make your pie crust. -
custard
It’s important that you avoid getting any lumps in your custard. If necessary, run the custard through a fine-mesh sieve to get the silkiest custard possible that is lump-free. -
flavors & additional ingredients
The beauty of cream pie lies in the fact that you only need to know one, basic recipe, that for vanilla cream pie. If you add bananas to the vanilla cream pie, you get banana cream pie. The same thing goes for coconut, chocolate, or any other flavor/ingredient you desire to incorporate into the pie.
Recipe variations
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Bavarian Cream Pie
Ready in 1hIn this variant, the main star is Bavarian cream, a custard thickened with gelatin, which is how this recipe got its name — Bavarian cream pie. However, there's much more to this pie. The Bavarian cream is also mixed with ice cream and whipped heavy cream, resulting in an extremely rich and decadent pie.
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Banana Cream Pie
Ready in 1h 15minThe following recipe teaches you how to make the classic banana cream pie. The recipe gives instructions for all the components of the pie: the crust, the custard, the bananas, and the topping. The pie is easy to make, but the recipe is very detailed to eliminate any possible mishaps during preparation.
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Vanilla Cream Pie
Ready in 1h 10minHere, the vanilla cream pie consists of three elements: the crust, the vanilla-flavored custard made with yolks, sweetened condensed milk, and milk, and the meringue, which are all prepared separately and then assembled to make a cream pie that is then baked. For a more festive look, the meringue should be colored two different colors. Also, remember to cool the pie completely before you serve it.
Bavarian Cream Pie
PREP 30min
COOK 30min
READY IN 1h
In this variant, the main star is Bavarian cream, a custard thickened with gelatin, which is how this recipe got its name — Bavarian cream pie. However, there's much more to this pie. The Bavarian cream is also mixed with ice cream and whipped heavy cream, resulting in an extremely rich and decadent pie.
Ingredients
Bavarian Cream Pie
FOR THE CRUST
1 (9 inch) pie crust, baked
FOR THE CREAM:
1 ½ (.25 ounce) packages unflavored gelatin
8 tbsp cold water
9 tbsp white sugar
2 ¼ tbsp cornstarch
2 eggs
1 ½ cups milk
3/4 cup vanilla ice cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups heavy whipping cream
Preparation
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Bavarian Cream Pie
Step 1/5
Line a 9-inch pie plate with pie crust, cover it with foil and place weights such as dry beans or rice to hold the crust down as it bakes.
Step 2/5
Bake in an oven preheated at 350 °F for 20 minutes, then remove the weights and the foil and bake for another 10 minutes until the crust is golden. Once out of the oven, set aside to completely cool.
Step 3/5
In a small bowl combine gelatin and cold water. In a large saucepan, heat the milk, and remove it just before it starts to boil. Take a mixing bowl, whisk sugar and cornstarch, then add the eggs, followed by milk and softened gelatin, all the time constantly stirring. Place the mixing bowl over a pan of hot water and cook until the custard thickens.
Step 4/5
Add ice cream to the hot custard and leave it to cool to room temperature. Beat the cream to stiff peaks, then carefully fold 1 ½ cups into the cooled custard.
Step 5/5
Spoon the filling into the pie crust and place in the refrigerator to set. Decorate with the remaining whipped cream and serve.
Other Variations
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Banana Cream Pie
Ready in 1h 15minThe following recipe teaches you how to make the classic banana cream pie. The recipe gives instructions for all the components of the pie: the crust, the custard, the bananas, and the topping. The pie is easy to make, but the recipe is very detailed to eliminate any possible mishaps during preparation.
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Vanilla Cream Pie
Ready in 1h 10minHere, the vanilla cream pie consists of three elements: the crust, the vanilla-flavored custard made with yolks, sweetened condensed milk, and milk, and the meringue, which are all prepared separately and then assembled to make a cream pie that is then baked. For a more festive look, the meringue should be colored two different colors. Also, remember to cool the pie completely before you serve it.
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