Binging with Babish: Imaginary Pie from Hook

[Music] [Music] using your imagination Peter hey what's up guys welcome back to binging with babish where this week we're taking a look at the imaginary pies from hook which i think was just whipped cream and a whole lot of food coloring inside of butter pie crusts yet it remains one of the most hotly requested episodes ever so to add a little bit of culinary intrigue I'm thinkin no bake cheesecake but first we got to make us a pie crust into the bowl of a food processor goes 6 and 1/4 ounces of all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon or about 15 grams of granulated sugar and a pinch of kosher salt then over the top of this mixture we're cutting up 1 stick or about 4 ounces of unsalted butter we're then gonna pulse the butter into this flour McDuff got make sure you start slow because some flour is gonna fly everywhere anyway we're pulsing this together until the butter is cut into pieces no larger than coffee beans with it pouring the sandy mixture into a large bowl and sprinkling 4 tablespoons of ice water over top we're then gonna coax this crumbly mixture together until it just holds its shape bear in mind 3 tablespoons is probably not going to be enough ice water so add 1 tablespoon at a time until you have a cohesive dough ball we want there to be just barely enough moisture for this thing to hold together we are then plopping it up onto a nun floured work surface and pressing it into a disc which is gonna make it easier to roll out into a large circle after we've wrapped it in plastic wrap and let it rest in the fridge for at least 2 hours as with any pie dough we're trying to keep everything as cold as possible for as long as possible plus 2 hours are up it's time to begin the rolling process which starts with a whacking process that is we're gonna whack the dough with our rolling pin rotating occasionally for even whack egde this is gonna help soften the dough before you begin to roll it out to about 2 inches wider than the width of your pie plates make sure your countertop is generously floured so the dough doesn't stick then once your desired diameter is reached we're gonna use the rolling pin sort of like a scroll to Ferol and then unfurl our pie dough over our pie plate then we're going to lift and drop not press but lift and drop the pie dough into the corners of the pie plate we do not want to stretch the dough as that will cause it to shrink in the oven and if there's one thing that you don't want after a long day of whacking it is a shrunken pie crust and I'm just gonna do a cursory trimming up the edges because the pie crust in the movie looked pretty rough around set edges and then this guy is headed into the fridge for at least 1 hour again we're trying to keep all those distinct layers of butter nice and cold which is gonna give us a flakier pie crust when our guy gets at the oven then we are docking our crust many times with a fork and lining the crust with a sheet of aluminum foil which we are gonna fill with our pie weights of choice I'm going with Tye glutinous rice and then this guy's headed into a preheated 350 degree fahrenheit oven for about 25 minutes make sure you wrap the foil over the edges a little bit more tightly than itíd you can see that my crust started browning a little bit too quickly around the edges and this guy's headed back into the oven for another 20 to 25 minutes until evenly browned all over luckily my edges weren't too far gone and they did not burn now this crust needs to cool completely whilst we make our no bake cheesecake filling I'm just getting my stand mixer set up here and then in a small saucepan I've got a quarter cup of heavy cream brought to a bare simmer to which I'm gonna add one packet of gelatin which I'm just gonna mix together until well dissolved in this method from Cook's Country set that aside to cool completely because in the bowl of our stand mixer we are combining 1 and 1/4 cups of heavy cream with 2/3 of 1 cup of granulated sugar we are then meeting these together on medium-high speed until they reach soft peaks yes I know this looks suspiciously like whipped cream but trust me we're gonna make it into so much more what's great about no bake cheesecake is that it contains no eggs so if you're a vegetarian that is staunchly opposed to egg consumption but loves cream cheese this one's for you speaking of which here comes one pound of cream cheese cut into 1-inch chunks and warmed to room temperature we're adding that directly to our whipped cream and beating together for about 1 minute on medium speed until smooth and creamy with no more than just a few errant lumps at this point we've worked perfectly well as a no-bake cheesecake filling but this is the stage at which we add the red dazzl first we're gonna scrape down the sides of the pole then we're gonna add the juice and zest of half a lemon a generous pinch of kosher salt and a half teaspoon of vanilla extract and then perhaps most importantly this is the stage at which we're going to add the food coloring about 50 drops of red since the pie in the movie is an absolutely otherworldly shade of red with I'm gonna beat that together on medium speed for another minute before adding our heavy cream and gelatin mixture and beating together for three minutes on medium high speed until completely smooth and creamy and light and airy at which point we're going to deposit it into our completely cooled pie shell now if this were a normal no bake cheesecake you might want to use an offset spatula to smooth out the top but I'm gonna rough it up since that's the way it looks in the movie and we're gonna cover this guy with plastic wrap and place them in the fridge for at least six hours or until completely set at which point all there will be left to do is decorate with colourful gobs of whipped cream so to make two batches of whipped cream here about a cup of heavy cream with a tablespoon of granulated sugar along with about 15 drops of blue food coloring in one batch and about 15 drops of green in the other beating them together until they form stiff peaks simply invert these colors if you wish to make multiple pies this isn't totally necessary but I'm gonna load these whipped creams into a pair of pastry bags which I'm gonna use to decorate the now set cheesecake six gobs of blue around the outside perimeter and one gob of green in the center and meri have it folks from Spielberg's final swashbuckler the imaginary pie from hook now this was one of Jesse's favorite movies growing up so it only seems fair that she be the one to give it the initial taste test it also seems appropriate that she tried to eat this pie with a spoon and it was well-received wait a minute I know that mischievous look I think she's gonna oh wait a minute I'm not sure if you guys have noticed but up to this point this has been an imaginary recipe oh my god the pie is real you're doing it Peter you're using your imagination all right I know all that was terribly whimsical so if you want to see the real making of go ahead and stick around after the commercial break all right so now we've got all of our silly sillies out of our system let's make this thing for real into the bowl of a food processor goes six and one quarter ounces of all-purpose flour one tablespoon or about fifteen grams of granulated sugar and a pinch of kosher salt then over the top of this mixture we're cutting up one stick or about four ounces of unsalted butter we're then gonna pulse the butter into this flour mcduck got make sure you start slow because some flour is gonna fly everywhere anyway we're pulsing this together until the butter is cut into pieces no larger than coffee beans within pouring this sandy mixture into a large bowl and sprinkling four tablespoons of ice water over top we're then gonna coax this crumbly mixture together until it just holds its shape bear in mind three tablespoons is probably not going to be enough ice water so add one tablespoon at a time until you have a cohesive dough ball we want there to be just barely enough moisture for this thing to hold together we are then plopping it out onto a none floured work surface and pressing it into a disk which is gonna make it easier to roll out into a large circle after we've wrapped it in plastic wrap and let it rest in the fridge for at least two hours as with any pie dough we're trying to keep everything as cold as possible for as long as possible once two hours are up it's time to begin the rolling process which starts with a whacking process that is we're gonna whack the dough with our rolling pin rotating occasionally for even whack äj-- this is gonna help soften the dough before you begin to roll it out to about two inches wider than the width of your pie plates make sure your countertop is generously floured so the dough doesn't stick then once your desired diameter is reached we're gonna use the rolling pin sort of like a scroll to furl and then unfurl our pie dough over our pie plate then we're going to lift and drop not press but lift and drop the pie dough into the corners of the pie plate we do not want to stretch the dough as that will cause it to shrink in the oven and if there's one thing that you don't want after a long day of whacking it is a shrunken pie crust that I'm just gonna do a cursory trimming up the edges because the pie crust and the movie looked pretty rough around set edges and then this guy is headed into the fridge for at least one hour again we're trying to keep all those distinct layers of butter nice and cold which is gonna give us a flakier pie crust when our guy gets at the oven then we are docking our crust many times with a fork and lining the crust with a sheet of aluminum foil which we are gonna fill with our pie weights of choice I'm going with Thai glutinous and then this guy's headed into a preheated 350 degree fahrenheit oven for about 25 minutes make sure you wrap the foil over the edges a little bit more tightly than itíd you can see that my crust started browning a little bit too quickly around the edges and this guy's headed back into the oven for another 20 to 25 minutes until evenly browned all over luckily my edges weren't too far gone and they did not burn now this crust needs to cool completely whilst we make our no bake cheesecake filling I'm just getting my stand mixer set up here and then in a small saucepan I've got a quarter cup of heavy cream brought to a bare simmer to which I'm gonna add one packet of gelatin which I'm just gonna mix together until well dissolved in this method from Cook's Country set that aside to cool completely because in the bowl of our stand mixer we are combining 1 and 1/4 cups of heavy cream with 2/3 of one cup of granulated sugar we are then meeting these together on medium-high speed until they reach soft peaks yes I know this looks suspiciously like whipped cream but trust me we're gonna make it into so much more what's great about no bake cheesecake is that it contains no eggs so if you're a vegetarian that is staunchly opposed to egg consumption but loves cream cheese this one's for you speaking of which here comes one pound of cream cheese cut into 1-inch chunks and warmed to room temperature we're adding that directly to our whipped cream and beating together for about 1 minute on medium speed until smooth and creamy with no more than just a few errant lumps at this point we've worked perfectly well as a no-bake cheesecake filling but this is the stage at which we add the razzle dazzle first we're gonna scrape down the sides of the bowl then we're gonna add the juice and zest of half a lemon a generous pinch of kosher salt and a half teaspoon of vanilla extract and then perhaps most importantly this is the stage at which we're going to add the food coloring about 50 drops of red since the pie in the movie is an absolutely otherworldly shade of red we're then gonna beat that together on medium speed for another minute before adding our heavy cream and gelatin mixture and beating together for 3 minutes on medium high speed until completely smooth and creamy and light and airy at which point we're going to deposit it into our completely cooled pie shell now if this were a normal no bake cheesecake you might want to use an offset spatula to smooth out the top but I'm gonna rough it since that's the way it looks in the movie and we're covered this guy with plastic wrap and place them in the fridge for at least six hours or until completely set at which point all there will be left to do is decorate with colourful gobs of whipped cream so I'm gonna make two batches of whipped cream here about a cup of heavy cream with a tablespoon of granulated sugar along with about 15 drops of blue food coloring in one batch and about 15 drops of green in the other beating them together until they form stiff peaks simply invert these colors if you wish to make multiple pies this isn't totally necessary but I'm gonna load these whipped creams into a pair of pastry bags which I'm gonna use to decorate the now set cheesecake six gobs of blue around the outside perimeter and one gob of green in the center and Mary have it folks from Spielberg's final swashbuckler the imaginary pie from hook now this was one of Jesse's favorite movies growing out so it only seems fair that she be the one to give it the initial taste test it also seems appropriate that she try to eat this pie with the spoon and it was well-received wait a minute I know that mischievous look I think she's gonna wait a minute I'm not sure if you guys have noticed but up to this point this has been an imaginary recipe oh my god the pie is real you're doing it Peter you're using your imagination I hope you guys enjoyed me miming this recipe for a solid six minutes and then making it for real the same voiceover for six minutes after that and I hope you guys give this one a try for yourselves it's great recipe to do with your kids or your childlike significant other and it's been a nice easy way for me to get back into the kitchen as you might be able to tell from my voice I'm still recovering but it's been in no small part thanks to your kind words and well wishes so I'll see you guys much sooner rather than later until then keep cooking I will if you will [Music] you

Channel: Babish Culinary Universe

Views: 2,876,841

Rating: 4.9538693 out of 5

Keywords: binging with babish, cooking with babish, babish, babbish, hook, imaginary pie, imaginary pie hook, pear qwerty horse, imaginary feast, imaginary dinner hook, hook imaginary dinner, hook imaginary pie, babish hook, hook movie dinner scene, imaginary food, hook movie

Id: lZsun7ppDeQ

Length: 12min 46sec (766 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 31 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/LouBrown]

I'm impressed with the commitment to the joke in this one.

[u/ron0912]

You know damn well he actually put the empty glass pie tin in the oven

[u/Gopher2K16]

Man, this was one of the most creative episodes of BwB ever. I’m glad y’all are getting better and I appreciate the work that you guys do!

[u/YouCantHackTheGibson]

This is everything I could have ever hoped for! This episode is pure perfection.

(I’m also still trying to figure out how he did the whipped cream sudden appearance, I have no idea.)

[u/macrob25]

He finally did it...

Bangarang Babish!!

[u/Black_Penguin666]

If your name is Peter it's slightly surreal when he directly addresses the camera with that name.

[u/lunarblossoms]

It didn't get super silly until the wrapping of the dough with plastic wrap.

[u/TheBrothersClegane]

BANGARANG

[u/CountessGreyUK]

This made all of my quarantine dreams come true! Thanks Babby & Jess - glad you're feeling better!