Spherical Steak Pi Tourtiere

“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives”
Albert Einstein

We constructed this spherical pi to commemorate pie. We chose a sphere because while a circle is an elegant shape it just seems so two-dimensional.

March 14th is pi day, the birthday of Einstein, and is also known as being 1 month after Valentine’s Day (for ladies). Therefore in choosing our filling, we decided that stuffing it with steak would be most appropriate, at least according to the internet. Since we currently reside in Quebec we decided to follow flavours akin to a tourtiére. So our pie commemorates pi, the other Valentine’s Day, as well as the local flavours of Quebec & Canada. Ladies take note: the way to a man’s heart is not only though his stomach but also with a juicy... edible math sculpture.

Let’s get started!
 

Step 1: Follow the Steps

This Instructable is broken down into 4 simple stages:

The Filling
The Pastry
The Constructions
The Result

Comments

[zohnikh]

waw, i like the idea , it s really very original. congr.

[stevtom]

How many pies did you guys make in total????

[butterbeans]

Five pies in total. Using three completely different techniques. Four failures. One Success.
We tried freezing the beef in a sphere, wrapping in dough, then blasting at high temp. FAIL.
We tried frozen beef sphere again, wrapping in dough, then baking in a salt crust.
FAIL.
Finally, we tried the blind baking method, which worked. WIN.

[DISTRKSHUN]

cool pie. wish the pictures of the pie slice was bigger.

[Banana Muncher]

ahhhh so delicious looking !

[PenilePickle]

the things i would do to that pie with 5 minutes alone.....ahhhhh

[Susan Sykas]

You're amazing. You have my vote.

[buggylogs]

I would eat approx 3.14159265 pieces of that pi!!

[Mimikry]

i guess we have a winner!
well done!
i have an entry myself, but who needs an i-pad anyway.... :o)

[butterbeans]

thanks for your support! this was an extremely difficult/frustrating pie to get just right. glad we could get it done for all to enjoy

[julius88888]

WOW! That thing is huge! SO you even made the dough from scratch!? How did you accomplish this? Structurally this seems IMPOSSIBLE!!! Well I guess I should read your ible! Nice. Got my vote !

[ssicilia]

Simply ingenious! This pie lacks nothing. It is such an original idea that not only looks unbelievable but also encompasses all of the day’s celebrations. This has to be creativity at its best.

[JackRW]

This is absolutely genius. Who doesn't want loads of meat enveloped in a thick, delicious pastry? Plus, extra points for extreme creativity and effort! This is a brilliant idea, well planned out and easily documented. It makes for a great party piece too (I'm thinking today you could throw a green shamrock on the outside and win the hearts of many!)

Congrats on the most clever one I've seen so far!

[butterbeans]

Thanks for the compliments! Too kind.

[mikeasaurus]

Cool idea, sphere pie. Looks tasty, thanks for sharing!

[butterbeans]

thanks man!

[aidanmf]

There is no way that you shouldn't win the contest!!! The creativity of the idea, the execution, and presentation far exceeds any other submission!!!

You might want to try dedicating some time to actually finding a girlfriend, instead of making one out of dough.