Egg (custard) pie

May 10, 2007 
Filed under Dessert pies, The amateur baker

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Warning: do not attempt to bake an egg pie using a loose-bottom pan. I did and, within minutes from placing the pan in the oven, I could smell something burning — the filling seeped through the pie crust and was dripping on the oven floor. I ran to retrieve a tray to place under it. After that, I just kept wishing that the custard would become firm fast so that the dripping would stop. I looked kinda foolish sitting on the kitchen floor and watching the custard go drip… drip… through the oven’s glass door. If I had used a proper pie pan, the custard would be the same height as the side of the crust.

Lesson of the day: it’s time to buy a real pie pan. It’s crazy, really. The day we watched Spider-Man 3, I almost bought a glass pie dish. I was choosing between Pyrex and Anchor Hocking, picked out the size I wanted and asked the salesgirl to get me one from the stockroom. I so hate buying the unit on display. More often than not, the displayed unit bears scratches and when I buy something brand new, I want it to really be brand new. So, anyway, we went home very happy with Spider-Man 3 but without a pie dish — no more stock.

egg pie

For some reason, I felt inspired to bake an egg pie today. Perhaps, I was subconsciously remembering the EGG’S A DEAL! theme of Lasang Pinoy 17. For days, I had a fleeting memory of a good reason why I should cook something egg-y but couldn’t quite remember what it was. It was only while taking photos of the baked egg pie that I remembered. Lucky for me (but not lucky for the host), the round-up has not been posted yet. So, maybe, I can still get this egg pie recipe included.

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Comments

48 Comments on "Egg (custard) pie"

  1. dexie on Thu, 10th May 2007 10:52 pm 

    looks delicious. the last time i had egg pie was when I visited Baguio. that was like 12 years ago…lol. i better make my own soon. thanks.

  2. Connie on Thu, 10th May 2007 11:16 pm 

    12 years? that’s too long! LOL

  3. Janet on Fri, 11th May 2007 6:17 am 

    Nakakagutom! I love the way you take the pictures because it really makes it more appealing to try it. My mouth is watering! Thanks!

  4. brenda on Fri, 11th May 2007 7:58 am 

    wahhhhhhhh….. ang sarap…parang gusto kong kainin ang monitor screen ko! i wish i had the nerve to bake just like you. am planning of doing the pudding recipe this weekend. hangang pa-steam steam lang ako muna…

  5. ria on Fri, 11th May 2007 10:18 am 

    ang galing talaga, ni tita connie! mana ako sa iyo hehehehehhehehe

  6. Luz on Fri, 11th May 2007 11:02 am 

    Hi Connie,just want to know is it okay if I will not include
    honey or is there a substitution?Thanks

  7. Connie on Fri, 11th May 2007 12:34 pm 

    Janet. o di ba, unnecessary ang food stylist? :)
    Brenda, re nerve. Ah most times, before I start baking, I psyche myself up and I say to myself, “You can do it, you can do it. You won’t ruin it.” LOL

    Sige, ria, paramihin ang lahi natin hehehehe

    Luz, you can just double the amount of water and sugar and boil them to make the syrup.

  8. Gail on Fri, 11th May 2007 12:51 pm 

    Wow, sarap!!! I think baking this is still beyond my powers though… Bili nalang muna ako sa Baker’s Fair :)

  9. Queen B on Fri, 11th May 2007 3:59 pm 

    That happened to a friend once when she tried to cook her leche flan in a loose bottomed pan, half na lang ang nadala niya sa party :D
    What timing, I just bought a pyrex pie dish and still debating if I should attempt an apple pie this weekend, I might just try this instead, thanks for sharing the recipe! :)

  10. joe ann on Fri, 11th May 2007 5:22 pm 

    hi ms connie
    ask ko lng if i can use microwave oven in my baking especially cheesecakes? i have no experience in baking yet but i wanna try to bake. ty

  11. joe ann on Fri, 11th May 2007 5:23 pm 

    hi there ms connie
    ask ko lng if i can use a microwave oven in baking? like a cheesecake? ty!

  12. Jaecel on Sat, 12th May 2007 2:59 am 

    Hi Miss Connie! :)
    I really missed reading your baking recipes. I’m really eager to learn how to bake myself, especially when my mom has finally agreed to buy me the electric oven I wanted. However, when we went to Home Depot in Alabang to check the Elba electric oven that I’ve been drooling over for a long time (I’m afraid to use gas range. Kind of crazy, I know. Childhood trauma :P ), the electric requirements seem a little too scary and too much for our fuse box to handle. :( It has a very mean-looking plug. Good thing I checked the unit thoroughly before buying it right then and there. I was depressed on the way home. :(
    I would just like to ask what kind of oven you use. Do you think a convection oven will suffice for baking? Thank you in advance! :)

  13. Jaecel on Sat, 12th May 2007 3:53 am 

    Hello again Miss Connie! :)
    Pasensya na po sa kakulitan :P but I just searched your site and I now know that you use a built-in Ariston convection oven. Do you think a portable convection oven also works? I remembered seeing a few of them in one of the stores in Home Depot. Similar to the one in this site: http://www.imarflex.com/products.php?category_id=&parent_id=1&prim_key=210&w_user_action=view_detail

    Thank you once again! :)

  14. Jaecel on Sat, 12th May 2007 3:56 am 

    Hello again Miss Connie! :)
    Pasensya na po sa kakulitan :P but I have just finished searching your site and I now know that you use a built-ion Ariston convection oven. Do you think a portable convection oven will work as well? I remember seeing those in one of the stores in Home Depot.

    Thank you once again! :)

  15. bing on Sat, 12th May 2007 8:33 am 

    hi ms connie, i´ve been cooking your recipes eversince i found your blog at ang palaging sinasabi ng(foreigner)husband ko ay to stop cooking because he can hardly fit into his jeans(hahahaha!). eventually that happened, i give birth and i don´t have time in the kitchen anymore but then you started baking! i can do it at night when my baby is fast asleep. i baked the chocolate cake for the 2nd time this afternoon but in the middle of it my baby wake up and the batter is still a batter after getting out of the oven! i have no idea what happened! i spent the afternoon accepting that im a moron in baking and i give up. then tonight i saw your egg pie(my favorite). then i told myself, okay one more try in baking(i couldn´t resist your pie, sa picture pa lang parang ang sarap sarap talaga). by the way, thanks for sharing your recipes ha.

  16. Connie on Sat, 12th May 2007 1:29 pm 

    Jaecel, that will work. :)
    bing, sabi ng asawa ko kasalanan ko daw kaya sya tumaba hahahaha so i can imagine what your husband must be going through. :)
    baking is still a hit-and-miss thing for me but learning is a good thing. makukua yan sa practice.

  17. madel on Sat, 12th May 2007 10:14 pm 

    hmmm…. sa picture plng natatakam nko con.. lam mo favorite ko yan custard pie…. yum.yum yum..hehehehe… bata pako kpag dadaan kmi sa bakery lagi kmi buy ng mom ko cusrard pie.hehehe.. fav.ko tlga yan.. thanks con. at nag post kng recipe ng custard pie.:) gusto ko ng i try lutuin tom.. yummy! :) npagaling mo tlga! :) god bless!

  18. Jaecel on Sun, 13th May 2007 7:58 am 

    Thank you Miss Connie! :) We will canvass again for a good portable convection oven. ;) Happy Mother’s Day! :)

  19. Luz on Mon, 14th May 2007 12:40 am 

    I hope it will come out good,It’s still in the oven ,Medyo maliit lang yata yung pan na ginamit ko yung bang from the
    ready crust that you can buy from the store,but i made my one crust from your recipe.Kaya may extra fillings ako I will make another one later.Thank you once again for the recipe.

  20. Jaja on Wed, 16th May 2007 10:26 am 

    Thanks Connie!

    I would try your recipe out since my husband loves egg pie=) Thanks again! :D

  21. jun on Sat, 19th May 2007 12:23 am 

    I´m just want 2 know if u try already 2 make egg pie with puso ng saging and crispy cheese and chocolate.

  22. Connie on Sat, 19th May 2007 3:32 am 

    jun, no, i haven’t. and i never will.

  23. madel on Sat, 19th May 2007 9:03 pm 

    hi con.. i made it!heheh… absolutely delicious..yummy! un nga lng wla ako pie pan kya binake ko sa round pan..pero ok. prin..:) wla kc akong mabilihan dto ng pie pan..:)kya i used round pan. anyway, thanks for the recipe.. god bless! :)

  24. Connie on Sat, 19th May 2007 9:11 pm 

    great, madel! easy lang, di ba? :)

  25. mike on Thu, 31st May 2007 9:45 am 

    i love egg tarts and this pie looks yummy! another must-try for me since i’m trying to get myself into baking these days.

  26. jherry roxas on Thu, 31st May 2007 9:51 pm 

    hi miss connie, it’sbeen a long time, nawalan ako ng access sa yo……….ang tagalkong hinintay ng eggpie recipe…………..i willtry this tomorrow tamang tama b-day ng isang kaibigan pwede ng ipang regalo……….ha ha haha sana ………..good luck for me

  27. Angel on Wed, 5th Sep 2007 9:41 pm 

    Hi Miss Connie,gumawa ako kanina ng Egg Custard Pie. Unfortunately palpak po sya :-( mga 30 minutes na syang nasa oven nung chineck ko lumolobo po sya. sinunod ko naman po ang procedures. tpos nung tinikman ko po lasa po syang fried egg na matamis. saan po kaya ako nagkamali? yun po bang egg means whole egg or egg yolk lang po?

    Thank you po sa mga recipes nyo nagawa ko na po ang iba sa kanila at ang sarap po. Hit po ang recipes nyo dito sa bahay namin. :-)

  28. Connie on Wed, 5th Sep 2007 11:27 pm 

    Angel, if I remember correctly, I used whole eggs — meaning including the egg whites. That’s why I blog right after cooking, so I don’t forget.

    Re “lumolobo”. Ovens have different settings. The setting should be “bake” means only the bottom heat is on. If both the top and bottom heat are on, yun lumolobo. Plus, if you’re using an oven toaster, well, that would be the result too.

  29. susan on Fri, 21st Sep 2007 9:41 am 

    Hi Ms. Connie, thank you very much for sharing this recipe. actually last two days ago i made my first apple pie and it turns out very good according to my family. now, i’ll try this egg pie naman. maraming salamat ulit dahil most of your recipes are very well explained and easy to follow. God bless you!

  30. mai on Mon, 24th Sep 2007 1:56 am 

    hi conie! i’ve been trying to cook some of your recipes and they were all successful & delicious but this time the egg pie was not good,i noticed the center part of the crust is wet, and there were bubbles in the custard. i don’t know where is my mistake. i want to make it as good as in the pictures you posted..pls help, tnx.
    PS. your cassava recipe is fantastic! :-)

  31. Connie on Mon, 24th Sep 2007 7:29 am 

    mai, i can’t tell where you went wrong because i did not witness how you did the recipe.

  32. mai on Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 11:06 pm 

    i did every instructions but that’s the result…i’m also thinking why it became watery at the bottom. do i need to beat the eggs well?? at lumobo siya..i’d like to do it again pls help,tnx

  33. susan on Mon, 8th Oct 2007 12:51 pm 

    hi ms connie, thanks again! i made it….and its yummy my children love it…

  34. lea on Fri, 12th Oct 2007 11:11 am 

    Hi Ms Connie,

    Im planning to bake this egg pie and I just bought a pie shape Non-stick flan mold. Im not really sure if this is the pie dish that your saying, is it the same? my worry po kasi is how to remove the pie from the dish without destroying it :-) thanks po!!!!

  35. Connie on Fri, 12th Oct 2007 12:53 pm 

    mai, if it turned watery, it might be from overbaking — the cream curdled and separated from the liquid.

    susan, that’s great!! :)

    lea, that was my worry too hence i used a loose-bottomed pan. you can line the pie plate with baking paper with a little overhang so you can just pull the whole thing from the pan after it has cooled.

  36. gie on Tue, 20th Nov 2007 4:06 pm 

    ang sarap naman ng eggpie, sana matutu din ako magluto… pwde ba naman paki send naman ang tamang procedure sa pag luto ng eggpie? pls…. nman and share naman more types of cooking preparation… tnx

  37. Honey on Wed, 21st Nov 2007 9:36 pm 

    hi ms connie, thanks for this very yummy recipe!!! makakakain ulit ako ng egg pie its been too long since i’ve had one. finally kahit wala dito sa amsterdam, i’ll just make my own. question lang ms connie bakit hindi ko maaccess ung link for the crust?

  38. Connie on Wed, 21st Nov 2007 9:47 pm 

    Honey, I fixed the link. :)

  39. Honey on Thu, 22nd Nov 2007 6:36 pm 

    thanks ms. connie! :-)

  40. Resha Kunimitsu on Tue, 22nd Jan 2008 8:32 pm 

    Thanks for the recipe! It’s so informative and all! :P I made my very first egg pie using these guidelines and guess what- I got a grade of 97 in my baking class! Domo arigato gozaimasu! It really helped me a lot!

  41. leng from netherlands on Sat, 31st May 2008 5:53 am 

    hello ms. connie! its almost 12pm here and im just having a slice of your egg pie and it does taste nice…atat ako kse first time ko na gumawa ng pie crust hehe! i was really intimidated of doing one.

    i encountered a problem when i mixed the syrup with the egg & honey mixture. nag-crystallize ung syrup ko. so i what i did is i got the crystallized syrup & put it back in the pan on low heat just to melt it and i added the egg-honey mixture. and it worked haay…pero ms. connie did u cool your syrup first before adding it?

    lomobo din ang aking pie but when i brought it out of the oven nagsubside naman sya. :) buti na lang i read the thread kse if not baka i wouldnt have used the setting for botton heat :)

    thanks for sharing, ms. connie!

  42. Halley on Wed, 6th Aug 2008 11:47 pm 

    Hi miss connie! i just made my first egg pie today - and just as i expected, i knew it wouldn’t be perfect, hehe. it actually turned out weird. It tastes great though, the custard is glossy but not smooth like yours in the picture. It got brownish on the sides but not on the center, and the most disastrous part is, one side of the custard expanded like an inflated balloon! haha!

    I really don’t know which part of the process was not done right when i did follow your instructions step by step. Could it be our oven or the temperature? im using a conventional oven without a timer (worst)! Or if it doesn’t have anything to do with my oven, is it the egg being overbaked? i can’t blame the overbaking in this part since the filling is still wiggly. or maybe my dish (2 inches) is too deep that it’s not easy for the heat to penetrate or something? Or do i have to cool the sugar-water syrup first before adding it to the egg mixture? (bcoz what i did is i poured the syrup hot, but not boiling, to the egg mix).

    Hmm, i dunno what the problem is, but i desperately want to at least if not perfect, make it right. Please help me Ms. Connie!

  43. Connie on Thu, 7th Aug 2008 8:30 am 

    Leng, no, I didn’t cool the syrup. If you cool it, it will harden and you won’t be able to pour it.

    Halley, I can’t guess. I don’t know the condition of your oven or the dish that you used or whether the sugar-water mixture reached the syrup stage. Sometimes, it just takes practice.

  44. Halley on Thu, 18th Sep 2008 1:30 pm 

    Hi Ms. Connie!

    Yeah I think it just takes practice. By the way, I thought of adding your site in my blog coz I’m actually a frequent visitor here, although I don’t leave comments that much. Hope that’s fine with you. I’ve also posted there the picture of my very first egg pie. Hehehe.

  45. Connie on Thu, 18th Sep 2008 2:09 pm 

    Halley, I just saw your blog. The Cafe Bars had me drooling. Ooh la la. LOL

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  47. ellen on Fri, 14th Nov 2008 10:35 pm 

    looks real yummy!!! i hope to learn how to bake too. ovens seem to intimidate me…parang kakatakot gamitin…waaahh!

    just would like to ask if apple pies are available here in metro manila? what about ice cream cake? i’m dying to taste one. thanks and have a nice day!!!

  48. Connie on Sat, 15th Nov 2008 9:56 am 

    Apple pie is available in many bakeshops. The best one: Hizon’s (P. Faura, Manila). Ice cream cakes at Dairy Queen.




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