Shoofly pie
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| Alternative name(s) | Shoo-fly pie |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Region or state | Pennsylvania |
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| Type | Pie |
| Main ingredient(s) | Pie shell, molasses |
| Variations | Montgomery pie, chess pie |
Shoofly pie (or shoo-fly pie or Montgomery pie)[1] is a molasses pie considered traditional among the Pennsylvania Dutch and also known in Southern cooking.
The pie may get its name because the sweet molasses odor attracts flies that must be "shooed" away.[2]
The shoofly pie's origins may come from the treacle tart with the primary difference being the use of molasses rather than golden syrup.[3] A Montgomery pie is similar to a shoofly pie, except lemon juice is usually added to the bottom layer and buttermilk to the topping. A chess pie is also similar, but it is unlayered.
References [edit]
- ^ The Encyclopedia of American Food & Drink (ISBN 0-86730-784-6), by John Mariani.
- ^ History notes on pie and pastry
- ^ History of Shoofly Pie
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Shoofly pies |
- "Pebble-Dash" or Shoo-Fly Pie, a page from a 1915 cookbook (Mary At The Farm And Book Of Recipes Compiled During Her Visit Among The "Pennsylvania Germans") at the website of the Michigan State University Library
- Shoo-fly, don't Amish me, a March 2006 Yale Daily News article on the pie which includes a recipe
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