Pie Plates

Pie Tin
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Pie Dish

Pie Pan

Pie Tin

A Pie Plate is a dish used for making pies in. Generally, all are ovensafe, though they may be used for pies that are no-bake as well.

The dish will be round and shallow, with sloped sides. The edge can be flat or fluted.

Sizes generally range from 8 to 12 inches (20 to 30 cm) wide and from 1 to 2 inches (2 1/2 to 5 cm) tall. Because of the sloped slides, the width of the top will be wider than the width of the bottom. You measure a Pie Plate at the top, from inside rim to inside rim.

Pie Plates can be made of glass, ceramic, stoneware or metal. The metal can be aluminum, tin, or heavy black steel. The most popular material in America for Pie Plates is Pyrex.

Some metal Pie Plates have perforations in the bottom. Some feel that the perforated bottom helps prevent a soggy bottom crust. You may wish to put a baking sheet on the rack below such a Pie Plate in case it leaks during cooking. Wait until the pies are completely cooled when cutting into them, or the juice may just run out the holes in the bottom

You can also get disposable ones made out of rigid tin foil.

Pie Plates are also equally referred to as pie pans, pie tins, pie dishes, etc. Some people try to differentiate terms -- reserving pie pans or tins for metal ones, pie plates for glass ones, and pie dishes for ceramic or pottery ones -- but it's pretty hopeless. You'll likely use the term your mother did.

Also called:

Moule à tarte (French); Pedazo (Spanish); Pedaço (Portuguese)

See Also: Pies & Tarts, Quiche Pans

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