What qualifies something as a pie?

Wulf says the Oxford English Dictionary defines a pie as “a baked dish of fruit, or meat or vegetables, typically with a top and base of pastry”. “The awards are about celebrating the craft of pie making. It’s a lot easier to put a bit of pastry on top of a dish and call it a pie.

Is pizza a sandwich or pie?

When we say that a sandwich must include a bread base, we mean specifically that it cannot be a pastry. The nature and constitution of the base dough is the point of demarcation. Pizza dough is a type of bread dough, therefore pizza is technically an open-faced sandwich and not an open-faced savoury pie.

Is a pie a pie without a bottom?

A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients. Pies are defined by their crusts. A filled pie (also single-crust or bottom-crust), has pastry lining the baking dish, and the filling is placed on top of the pastry but left open.

Is Cheesecake technically a pie?

Generally cheesecakes are cylindrical, 4-6″ tall or more, have a baked custard center, and a crumb crust. So, in short, a cheesecake is a pie. It can also be a cake, but it can’t not be a pie.

Is taco a sandwich?

A taco does not qualify as a sandwich. A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, sliced cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein bread serves as a container or wrapper for another food type.

What is a pie with just a lid called?

Pies that have a pastry lid – but not pastry sides and bottom – are known as ‘pot pies’ and many people believe they aren’t actually real pies at all.

Can you have a pie without pastry?

According to Matthew O’Callaghan, chairman of the British Pie Awards, being held on 22 April, a true pie has to have a filling completely enclosed in pastry. Anything not fitting this strict description is not eligible to enter.