Sheryl Rosen > wrote in
:

> Remember last week I asked about how to avoid the pecan pie filling from
> soaking through the crust and fusing to the pie pan????
>
> Well, I took Bob and Wayne's advice, and I prebaked the crust and glazed
> it with egg wash.
>
> I also pre-heated the filling.
>
> I used the recipe from Joy Of Cooking, which is nearly identical to the
> Karo syrup recipe, except with twice as much butter. So it was pretty
> much Bob's recommendation.
>
> Anyway, I pre-baked the crust, glazed it with egg wash, and pre-heated
> the filling. JOC proscribed 35-45 minutes baking time. I pulled it out
> at 40 min.
>
> I just took the pie out of the oven and guess what?????
>
> The crust is soaked through with sugar custard anyway.
>
> Not entirely, but you can see it in big blotches, right through the
> clear glass pie pan.
>
> The crust is beautifully golden, the filling seems set but still a
> little jiggly (as the recipe proscribed). It looks great, except....the
> stupid filling soaked right through. That pie is NEVER coming out of
> that pie pan, is it?
>
> If I followed your tips for preventing this stupid thing from happening,
> and it happened anyway, what the heck did I do wrong?
>
> I am so upset over this. I so wanted this pie to be perfect and I took
> extra steps to avoid exactly what happened. I'm damn near ready to toss
> it and try again, but I can't really afford to do that.
>
> I guess there is nothing I can do now, but I am really ****ed off and
> had to vent.

Sheryl, I'm so sorry this happened to you. When you pre-baked the pastry,
did you by any chance prick it before baking? I don't recall what Bob
said, and I don't think I made a point of it, but unlike pre-baking for a
finished filling you're just going to pour in, a crust that will be baked a
second time with a filling in it should not be pricked for the first
baking.

If you didn't prick it first, then I'm clueless as to what caused the
problem. I have never had it happen under the same circumstances.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.