Black bottom pie is a type of

pie A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients. Sweet pies may be filled with fruit (as in an apple pie), nuts ( pecan pie), fruit preserves ( jam tart ...

originating in the United States that features a layer of

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or pudding, the "black bottom", topped with whipped cream or

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. The single crust is pre-baked and of variable composition, but a

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is common.

Origin

Black bottom pie is thought by some to be of Southern origin, the "black bottom" representing the dark, swampy lowlands along the

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; other sources have identified an origin in Louisiana or Oklahoma City in the early 1940s. Its invention has been claimed by Monroe Boston Strause of

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. Strause, who was known as the "Pie King", was the inventor of the

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and the

.Perry, Charles.
The Pie King.
Los Angeles ''Times'' January 9, 1997. Retrieved July 9, 2015.

References

External links

Weidmann's Black Bottom Pie recipe
- Mississippi Magazine American pies Sweet pies Chocolate desserts {{pie-stub

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