Help with this dessert

I'm not a dessert maker so I do not understand why this dessert would call for a non-glass pie pan. Glass is all I have in pie pans. I wonder if a spring form would work for the baking, but then the crust might break?
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/01/ice-cream-pie-with-easy-caramel-sauce/

I'm not a dessert maker so I do not understand why this dessert would call for a non-glass pie pan. Glass is all I have in pie pans. I wonder if a spring form would work for the baking, but then the crust might break?
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/01/ice-cream-pie-with-easy-caramel-sauce/

Karen,
I'd guess that the reason is a desire for a pie pan with a lower heat capacity (basically, the amount of heat that can be contained in the material). Even though the heat capacity of Pyrex and e.g. aluminum isn't too different on a per weight basis, the Pyrex pie pans that I own weigh at least 5 times what the metal ones do, so they can retain 5 times as much heat and therefore cool off much less quickly. For an ice cream pie, that could be disastrous. I'd feel more confident about saying this if it didn't look like she used a ceramic pie pan in the blog since that should suffer from the same problems as Pyrex.

Mark Lipton

[Jenise]

I'm guessing that the meringue won't brown as well in glass as it would in aluminum; sweating might also be a factor.

Mark, that looks like a tin pie plate to me.

Mark, that looks like a tin pie plate to me.

Well, that would certainly make more sense, Jeff. I take back all those nasty things that I've been saying about you.

Mark Lipton

I would probably use a spring form pan lined with aluminum foil. Once the pie is frozen, you could "release" it and just pull the foil off of it...?
BTW, looks like a really good recipe. Let us know how it comes out.

I would probably use a spring form pan lined with aluminum foil. Once the pie is frozen, you could "release" it and just pull the foil off of it...?
BTW, looks like a really good recipe. Let us know how it comes out.

Carrie, I did not get around to finding a non-glass pie plate. I ended up making a Hazelnut-Chocolate Mousse with shaved chocolate on top and tiny cinnamom chips inside the mousse. I added a Chocolate Hazelnut Pirouette rolled waffer cookie.