How do I start getting into pies? What's the best beginner pie?

>>21447562 (OP)
you'll want to start with a creampie bb

I would listen to british boomers because they got the best pies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxs7gQuZDH0

preppy kitchen is probably good for dessert pies

>>21447562 (OP)
Key lime pie is really easy, especially since it has a graham cracker crust. The fruit and also pecan pies are pretty similar to me once you’ve got the crust down

>>21447562 (OP)
Water pie.

I made scotch pies a lot
They're pretty easy
All you need to do is melt lard in water, add salt to flour and then mix them together when the water is about boiling

>>21447562 (OP)
Any custard or cream pie (pumpkin, banana cream, lemon meringue, key lime, etc.) should be a good choice. The filling's very easy to make so you can just focus on getting the crust and baking times right. They're easy to know when they're done too - just take them out when you can stick a toothpick in the pie and it comes out clean

>>21447562 (OP)
Start with a water pie then grind to unlock more ingredients. Hope this helps.

>>21448144
This but also fruit crumbles. I know it's not technically a pie, but you can make the topping more like a crust. This way, you can practise making fruit fillings without worry that you'll screw up your shortcrust.
Word of advice, too: despite looking fancier to those who know no better, lattice topped fruit pies are easier to make well than those with a proper lid, they're just slightly more time consuming. The reason they're easier is because with an open top like what you get with a lattice-topped pie, there's far, FAR less of a chance that the filling won't reduce/thicken enough to set and therefore far less of a chance you'll wind up with a soupy mess and soggy bottom

Apple pie. All the work is in the actual dough

>>21448607
Don't you have to cook the apples for apple pie? Meanwhile for blueberry pie you can just dump them in the pie crust with some sugar and it'll turn out just fine

>>21448975
You just have to cut them up and cook them for a bit, it's nothing.
Blueberries you have to spend 10x the money so its quite expensive, I wouldn't do it for practice

>>21447562 (OP)
once you get pie crust down you're done, the whole world is open to you

>>21447600
Is there a good alternative for gravy granules in the US that's not cornstarch? Don't think I've seen anything like that at my local grocery.

>>21449062
Beef stock cubes and flour

>>21447564
I entered this thread as I knew it would have high quality jokes. Glad to see if didn't have to look long.
>*leaves thread*

>>21448130
This person actually has made pies

>>21447562 (OP)
Redberry pie at lvl 10

>>21449068
The stock cubes are already in there seeing as the beef is boiling in it, but flour is still not going to give a similar taste going by how he describes the granules.

>>21449077
Fug forgot pic

>>21447562 (OP)
>How do I start getting into pies?

>>21449080
lol newb

>>21448975
>>21448994
I have never precooked apples for an apple pie and I have never met anyone who does this. Is this a new cooking meme or is it some bullshit like black people washing chicken with bleach?

>>21449836
I think it depends, I never precooked the apples growing up but the recipe I use nowadays has a precooked filling

>>21447562 (OP)
>How do I start getting into pies?
You sure you're small enough?

>>21449836
>Is this a new cooking meme
Here's a (translated) recipe for an apple pie from an 1854 cookbook that I use:

>Peel and core a dozen or so wine apples, chop them finely, and stew them lightly in melted butter. Pour in half a glass of wine, add a handful of rinsed small raisins, some chopped lemon peel, several spoonfuls of sugar, and a bit of cinnamon. Cook the mixture, stirring constantly, until it thickens.
>Once the filling has cooled, spread a layer of it over a baked round of puff pastry, cover it with a raw round of dough or a lattice of pastry strips, brush with beaten egg, and place in the oven.

I've never tried an apple pie baked with just raw apple though. Might also be good.

>>21447562 (OP)
pies are fairly limited.
lemon meringue is the classic but its hard to do right.
apple pie is the other one, but its not as good as apple crumble.
thats about it.
family-sized meat pies are a boomer food but they havent been popular in decades.
seppos eat weird shit like pumpkin pie or cherry pie but thats weird heathen shit.

>>21447562 (OP)
chicken pot pie

>>21448607
Cooking apples is for a pie is a pretty tough skill to learn.

>>21453468
it's one of the easiest things you can do in the kitchen