Using a small dough trimmings or applying technology of weaving, twisting and reversing of edges of the closed pie, any pastries can be turned into a true piece of art.
At preparation of the closed pies the surplus or a dough trimmings can serve for production of jewelry: ornaments, figures, relief patterns look very effectively even on the simplest and plain dough products. If small molds for figured cutting are had near at hand, then with their help it is possible to make leaves, flowers, geometrical figures of small pieces of the test. Form compositions for decoration of a surface or edges of pie of such preparations. If desired decorative figures can be painted with food colors. That figures were fixed on a pie surface during baking more reliably, it needs to be greased with a vitellus or to moisten slightly with water.
From the surplus of the test rolled in thin layer cut long strips and braid them in a classical braid from three plaits. By means of culinary roller cutting torches it is possible to cut a strip with figured edges – then the braid will look very effectively and originally. The edge of pie is greased with slightly frothed eggs, impose a braid on its circle and fix its ends. Similar wattled braids can be laid in the form of an ornament and on all surface of pie. Not less beautifully the braid from two plaits looks – the roundish strips bound among themselves svivatsya like a rope and keep within at the edges of pie.
Can decorate the closed pie not only laid on jewelry, but also relief edges. The easiest way give the unusual form to edges – to accurately make an incision them scissors on depth about 2 cm that identical squares turned out and to unbend the made an incision test fragments in chessboard order: one square in pie, another – outside. It is possible to give to edges of pie the wavy form by means of simple reception: from outer side of a product under the top edge of the test hold up a finger and, taking dough, press out it fingers of other hand – the roundish crest of a wave turns out. If to hold up a finger under dough from the inside of pie, and from external – slightly to prishchipyvat, then the zigzag edge with a sharp crest turns out. Use of tableware can also help with decoration of a surface of pie: the edges of a cake layer are cut level with a baking dish, a fork densely press edges to a form on all its circle. Marks from teeth of a fork are left on the test by beautiful strips. The pattern can be done as continuous, and to alternate to empty intervals. That the fork didn't stick and didn't spoil dough, it is recommended to lower it in flour from time to time. By means of spoons of the different size it is possible to leave at the edges and pie surfaces beautiful semicircular lines, arches or a wavy ornament. If the closed pie of round shape, then on the top layer of the test it is possible to make the cuts which are going from the center and not reaching to the brim products. These cuts divide a pie surface into separate triangular segments. Each segment is separated from the middle of pie in which for these purposes make a small opening, twist test strips around own axis and stacked in the same order back. After baking on pie the intricate figured surface is formed. Also strips can be twisted, beginning not from the middle, and from edges of pie: in that case, cuts need to be done, occupying also regions of pie, without making of an opening in its middle. Each two strips twirled by a spiral connect among themselves thanks to what pie takes the flower form with a relief surface.