Quote Originally Posted by Asai Nagamasa View Post
I can assure you that a pizza is not a pie. A pie is similar to a tart but a pie has a crust over the top. A tart is an open pie with no top crust. A pizza is probably closer to a pie but is in fact neither - it is a flatbread with topping.

Deep dish pizza is technically a tart or perhaps (at a stretch) a flan. It is far removed from the real Italian pizza from which it originates.
pies do not need a crust over the top.