Whipped Cream Pie Food

CARAMELIZED BANANA CREAM PIE WITH HAZELNUT WHIPPED CREAM AND HAZELNUT PRALINE

Steps:

• Put the flour, salt and sugar in the bowl of a food processor and pulse a few times to combine. Sprinkle half of the butter cubes over the top of the flour and process for 10 seconds. Sprinkle the remaining half of the butter over the mixture and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal, with some butter bits no bigger than peas. With the motor running, add the buttermilk through the feed tube and process until the dough just begins to come together. Transfer to a flat surface and lightly knead until the dough comes together. Form into 2 flat disks, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. (You will need only 1 for the pie; the remaining dough can be frozen for up to 1 month.)
• Lightly spray a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom with nonstick spray. Roll the dough on a lightly floured surface into a 12-inch round that is 1/8-inch thick and fit it into the tart pan. Roll rolling pin over tops of pan to trim dough flush with rims and lightly prick bottoms and sides all over with a fork. Place in the freezer for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Place the pan on a baking sheet. Spray the shiny side of a 12 piece of aluminum foil and line the shell shiny-side down with the foil and fill with pie weights. Bake on the middle rack in the oven until the crust sets and turns a pale golden brown, about 20 to 25 minutes. Remove the foil and pie weights and continue baking until golden brown and baked through, about 15 minutes longer. Transfer the tart pan to a baking rack and let cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Melt the butter in a large saute pan over medium-high heat, add 1 1/2 tablespoons of brown sugar and cook, stirring constantly, until the sugar is melted and the mixture is caramelized, about 4 minutes. Add the bananas and cook until bananas start to break down, and caramelize on both sides. Add 2 cups of the milk, bring to simmer and scrape the bottom and sides of pan and carefully transfer the mixture to a medium saucepan. Puree the mixture with an immersion blender until smooth; bring to a simmer.
• In a bowl whisk the sugar, cornstarch and salt together until combined. Add the remaining 1 cup of milk and whisk until the cornstarch is dissolved. Whisk this mixture into the banana mixture and cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture thickens, about 4 minutes.Whisk together the remaining tablespoon of brown sugar and yolks in a small bowl until smooth. Ladle some of the thickened mixture into the egg mixture to temper the yolks. Pour the yolk mixture into the pot and cook until thickened, 3 to 5 minutes, WHISKING THE ENTIRE TIME. Once the mixture has thickened let it come to a boil for exactly 1 minute, whisking a few times. Remove from the heat, whisk in the softened gelatin and vanilla and strain through a coarse mesh strainer into a bowl.
• Cover the surface of the custard with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator until set, at least 4 hours and up to 12 hours. Once pudding is set, whip the custard in the bowl of a stand mixer with a whisk attachment on high speed until smooth, about 20 seconds. Add the heavy cream and whip until light and fluffy, about 20 seconds longer.
• Transfer the filling to the cooled pie shell. Place plastic on top and let chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours. Mound the top with the hazelnut whipped cream and sprinkle with some of the hazelnut brittle just before serving.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spread hazelnuts on a baking sheet and bake until lightly toasted, about 5 minutes. Let cool slightly and coarsely chop.
• Combine sugar and water in a medium saucepan and cook (without stirring) over high heat until it becomes a deep amber caramel, about 8 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the hazelnuts. Transfer to a baking sheet lined with a silpat. Cover with another silpat and using a rolling pin, roll the mixture as thin as possible. Let sit until the caramel has hardened, about 20 minutes. Once hard, removed from the silpan and chop into small pieces, using a chef's knife.
• Combine cream, vanilla seeds, sugar and Frangelico in a bowl and whip using a balloon whisk or hand held mixer until soft peaks form.

WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• Place a metal mixing bowl and metal whisk into the freezer for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Place the sugar into the mixing bowl and add the whipping cream. Whisk just until the cream reaches stiff peaks. Store any unused portion in an airtight container for up to 10 hours. When ready to use, rewhisk for 10 to 15 seconds.

PUMPKIN PIE WITH BOURBON-MAPLE WHIPPED CREAM AND CINNAMON CRUNCH

Steps:

• Make the cinnamon crunch: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Combine the flour, oats, light muscovado sugar and cinnamon in a food processor and process a few times to combine. Add the butter and pulse until combined. Pat the mixture evenly into a 4-inch square on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until golden brown and crisp, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool. Transfer to a cutting board and chop into small pieces. Keep the oven on.
• Make the crust: Combine the graham cracker crumbs, melted butter and cinnamon in a bowl and mix until combined. Press evenly into the bottom and up the sides of a 10-inch pie plate. Brush with the beaten egg. Bake until golden brown and firm, about 12 minutes. Let cool on a rack.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees F. Make the filling: Whisk the eggs, egg yolks, dark muscovado sugar, granulated sugar and molasses in a medium bowl. Whisk in the pumpkin puree, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and salt. Whisk in the heavy cream, milk and vanilla seeds or extract. Strain the mixture through a coarse strainer into a bowl. Whisk in the melted butter.
• Place the pie plate on a baking sheet, pour the pumpkin filling into the crust and sprinkle additional cinnamon over the top. Bake until the filling is set around the edges but the center still jiggles slightly when shaken, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool to room temperature, about 2 hours.
• Make the whipped cream: Combine the heavy cream, vanilla seeds, maple syrup and bourbon, to taste, in a large chilled bowl and whip until soft peaks form. Top the pie with the whipped cream and cinnamon crunch.
• Top off your feast with one (or more!) of these tasty pies.

APPLE PIE WITH CHEDDAR AND MAPLE WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• For the crust: Pulse the flour, granulated sugar and salt together in a food processor to combine. Add the 5 ounces Cheddar and pulse, then add the butter and pulse until it creates a coarse meal with some larger butter lumps. Add water a tablespoon at a time (no more than 1/2 cup) while processing just until the dough comes together. Turn out onto a piece of plastic wrap and form into a disc. Refrigerate while making the filling.
• For the filling: Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Stir together the apples, brown sugar, flour, butter, bourbon, maple syrup, lemon juice, cinnamon, pepper, salt, cloves and nutmeg in a large bowl.
• Roll out the dough, using additional flour as needed, into a circle large enough to drape into a 10-inch pie plate or cast-iron skillet. Cover with the filling. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, then lower oven to 350 degrees F and bake for 30 minutes more. Sprinkle on the remaining 6 ounces Cheddar to the top of the pie and bake until browned and melted, 15 minutes. Let cool until cheese hardens.
• For the whipped cream: Beat together the cream, syrup and granulated sugar until firm.
• Serve the pie with the whipped cream.

WHIPPED CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Combine cream cheese, sugar, and lemon juice.
• Beat until smooth and creamy.
• Fold cheese mixture into whipped cream.
• Pour into pie crust.
• Refrigerate until firm.
• Garnish with fruit-- peaches, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, would all be good with this; as would some shaved chocolate!

WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whip cream until stiff peaks are just about to form. Beat in vanilla and sugar until peaks form. Make sure not to over-beat, cream will then become lumpy and butter-like.

WHIPPED TOPPING BANANA CREAM PIE

Steps:

• ingredients for 10" BAKED pie shell.
• MIX cornstarch, sugar, salt.
• ADD to COLD milk in a medium size saucepan.
• STIR to dissolve.
• Cook mixture over MEDIUM heat (Stir constantly to prevent scorching) until bubbly.
• Pour 1/4 of the hot mixture into beaten eggs.
• Mix thoroughly.
• Return mixture to the saucepan.
• Continue cooking until mixture comes back to"bubbling" and is thick.
• Blend in butter and vanilla.
• Pour half of the mixture into 10" baked pie shell.
• Cover the top with sliced bananas.
• Pour remainder of the mixture on top of the bananas.
• Let the filling cool-- then refrigerate until firm.
• Top the pie with sweetened whipped cream and serve!

CHOCOLATE WHIPPED CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Cream the butter and sugar well. Add the Choco-Bake and the vanilla and blend. Add eggs, one at a time, beating for 5 minutes after each egg.
• Fold prepared Dream Whip into the chocolate mixture and fill the pie shell. Refrigerate and when serving garnish with dollops of whipped cream and chopped, salted pecans.

WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• Chill deep bowl and beaters of electric mixer in freezer for at least 20 minutes.
• (If freezer is too crowded to fit bowl, place beaters in bowl, fill bowl with ice water, and chill on counter. When bowl and beaters are well chilled, dump out water and dry thoroughly.) Add cream, sugar, and vanilla to chilled bowl.
• Beat on low speed until small bubbles form, about 30 seconds.
• Increase speed to medium and continue beating until beaters leave a trail, about 30 seconds.
• Increase speed to high and continue beating until cream is smooth, thick, and nearly doubled in volume, about 20 seconds for soft peaks or about 30 seconds for stiff peaks.
• If necessary, finish beating with whisk to adjust consistency.
• Serve immediately or spoon into fine sieve or strainer set over measuring cup and refrigerate for up to 8 hours.

HOMEMADE WHIPPED CREAM FOR PIES

Steps:

• Refrigerate a mixing bowl until cold. Combine heavy cream, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla in the bowl, and whisk until soft peaks form. Refrigerate for up to 30 minutes. Just before serving, whisk until stiff peaks form.

CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE WITH WHIPPED PEANUT BUTTER CREAM

Steps:

• Make the filling: In a medium saucepan, heat the milk, cream, and chocolate over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until the chocolate has fully melted. Turn the heat up to medium and bring the mixture to a gentle simmer.
• Meanwhile, whisk the sugar, cornstarch, and espresso powder together in a medium heatproof bowl. Whisk in the egg yolks until well combined.
• When the chocolate mixture has come to a simmer, pour about half of it into the egg yolk mixture in a slow, steady stream, whisking constantly. Then pour the egg yolk mixture into the saucepan and cook the pudding over low heat, whisking constantly, until it gets very thick and comes to a first boil (a single large bubble comes up to the surface in the center of the pudding), 3 to 4 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat. Stir in the butter and vanilla until well combined with a silicone spatula.
• Strain the warm pudding into the cooled piecrust and cover with plastic wrap pressed directly against the surface of the pudding. Let cool at room temperature until the filling is completely set, 35 to 45 minutes.
• Make the peanut butter cream: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or in a large bowl, using a hand mixer), whip the peanut butter and sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the cream and continue whipping until the mixture reaches medium peaks. Add the vanilla and mix to combine.
• Finish the pie: Dollop the peanut butter cream on top of the cooled pie and swirl it around with an offset spatula (easier), or transfer it to a pastry bag and pipe it on (fancier-see Pro Tip). Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• To mix the dough by hand: In a large bowl, whisk together the flour and salt. Add the butter cubes, tossing them through the flour until each piece is well coated. Cut the butter into the flour by pressing the pieces between your palms or your fingers, flattening the cubes into big shards and continuing to toss them through the flour, recoating the shingled pieces.
• For a flaky crust, continue cutting the butter into the flour just until the pieces of butter are about the size of walnut halves. Or, for a mealy crust, continue to work the mixture together until the pieces of butter are about the size of peas. To mix the dough in a food processor: See Pro Tip.
• Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Add 3 tablespoons ice water for a single crust or 6 tablespoons for a double crust and mix to incorporate. Then add more ice water 1 tablespoon at a time and continue mixing just until the dough comes together. As it begins to come together, you can knead it a few times to make sure it's fully combined. It's important not to add too much water to the dough, which should never be sticky- it should hold together easily in a ball but still feel almost dry to the touch.
• Form the dough into an even disk if making a single crust; or divide in half and shape into 2 equal disks if making a double crust. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes or up to overnight.
• For a single-crust pie: Lightly flour the work surface. Roll out the dough to a circle 1/4-inch thick: Start in the center of the disk of dough and push away from you using even pressure. Return to the center and repeat, this time moving toward you. Continue, rotating the dough occasionally and reflouring as needed to prevent the dough from sticking. This produces a more even result than just rolling back and forth, which can often yield thin edges and a thick center.
• To transfer the dough to the pie pan, roll the dough up onto the rolling pin, starting at the far edge of the round. With the pie pan in front of you, start at the edge closest to you and gently unfurl the dough into the pan. Press gently to make sure the crust settles all the way to the bottom, but be careful not to poke any holes in the dough. Trim away the excess dough, leaving a 1/2-inch overhang all around. Chill in the refrigerator for 15 to 30 minutes or freeze for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Tuck the excess dough under at the edges, pressing lightly to help seal the dough to the outer rim of the pie pan. Crimp the edges of the piecrust as desired. Return the dough to the refrigerator for 20 to 30 minutes or to the freezer for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Mix the egg with about 1 tablespoon water and whisk. Brush the crimped edges of the dough with a thin layer of the egg wash. The crust is now ready to be blind-baked.
• Peanut Butter Pie Dough: Cut a piece of parchment about 5 inches square. Spread 68 g (1/4 cup creamy peanut butter) in a 1/2-inch-thick layer on the paper and freeze until fairly firm, about 1 hour. Cut into cubes and use in place of 57 g (2 oz) (4 tablespoons) of the butter.
• To Blind Bake A Single Pie: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (218 degrees C), preferably with a baking stone on the bottom rack. Cut a square of parchment paper slightly larger than the pie pan.
• Prick the chilled dough all over with a fork. Place the parchment over the crust and fill with pie weights or dried beans.
• Bake the crust on the stone or bottom rack just until the edges barely begin to turn golden, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Take the pan out of the oven and remove the parchment and weights.
• Return the pie pan to the oven and bake for another 12 to 17 minutes, until the dough is evenly golden brown. Cool the crust completely before filling it.

AUTHENTIC KEY LIME PIE WITH WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Put melted butter in a large mixing bowl and add graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and salt; mix until combined. Transfer to a 9-inch pie plate and pat with your fingers on the bottom and up the sides to make the crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until very lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool while you prepare the filling. Leave the oven on.
• Zest limes until you have 1 1/2 tablespoons for the filling plus some to sprinkle on top of the pie; set aside. Juice all limes; you should have 3/4 cup juice.
• Combine egg yolks and 1 1/2 tablespoons lime zest in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer until thick. Add condensed milk and mix until thickened, about 3 minutes. Add lime juice and mix until combined. Pour filling into the cooled crust.
• Bake in the oven until filling has risen slightly and is mostly set but still slightly jiggly in the center, about 15 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and let cool for 30 minutes at room temperature. Transfer to the refrigerator and let cool for at least 2 more hours.
• Mix heavy cream and sugar with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Spread on top of the pie and sprinkle with reserved lime zest.

RUBY WHIPPED CREAM CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• Stir contents of danish dessert into water in med saucepan.
• Bring to full boil.
• Boil one minute,stirring constantly.
• Cool slightly.
• In small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar.
• Gently fold in whipped cream and 2 Tablespoons of cooled danish dessert.
• Spread into meringue shells.
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• Top with danish dessert, drizzling over edges for appeal.
• Top with whipped cream and whole strawberries if desired.

CLASSIC WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whip attachment, whip the cream on medium-low speed until it begins to thicken, 1 to 2 minutes. Increase the speed to medium and add the sugar in a slow, steady stream, then continue to whip to medium peaks. Add the vanilla, if using, and mix to combine.
• Do Ahead: Plain whipped cream is best made just before it is used, but you can intentionally under-whip the cream (to just under soft peaks), then finish by whipping by hand when you're ready to serve. It will hold this way for up to 4 hours. The mascarpone variation can be made up to 6 hours ahead and held in the refrigerator. Whip a few times gently to refresh before using.
• Variation
• Mascarpone Whipped Cream: Reduce the cream by half. For a half batch, use 75 g / ⅓ cup mascarpone; for a full batch, 113 g / ½ cup; and for a mile-high batch, 170 g / ¾ cup. Place the mascarpone and sugar in the mixer bowl and whip on medium speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Scrape the bowl well, then reduce the speed to medium-low and add the cream in a slow, steady stream. Raise the speed to medium-high and whip until the mixture is smooth and reaches medium peaks. Add the vanilla, if using, and mix to combine.