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What is the difference between pies, tarts and flans?
A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savory ingredients.
A tart is a baked dish consisting of a filling over a pastry base with an open top not covered with pastry. The pastry is usually shortcrust pastry; the filling may be sweet or savory, though modern tarts are usually fruit-based, sometimes with custard.
A Flan, in Britain, is an open pastry or sponge case containing a sweet or savory filling. A typical flan of this sort is round, with shortcrust pastry.
Recipes will vary according to the families baking them. Recipes can be found on line.
Origin: Canada and has become popular in the Midwestern United States
Type: sweet
Description:
This is a sweet fruit pie in which the filling consists of blackberries, blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. Other varieties also include other berries or the addition of grapes. The color of the filling is a deep purple, and it is baked in a typical pie shell pate sucre.