Short answer: not right now, and we want to be upfront about why rather than dance around it. Our kitchen bakes wheat, dairy, eggs, tree nuts, and soy every single day — often all at once — which means we can't honestly call anything we make gluten-free or nut-free. And our recipes, most of which Clarisse has been refining for years, are built around butter, eggs, and cream in ways that don't have clean substitutes.
Gluten-free
Every crust in the shop is made with all-purpose flour, and it's rolled out on the same surfaces we use for everything else. Even if we swapped the flour in a single pie, the cross-contact risk from the rest of the kitchen would still be real. We're not a certified gluten-free facility, and we won't pretend otherwise. If a gluten allergy or celiac diagnosis is in the picture, we'd genuinely rather point you toward a dedicated GF bakery than sell you something we can't stand behind.
Vegan
Our fillings lean hard on eggs and dairy — the Pecan has butter and eggs, the Key Lime is built on sweetened condensed milk and egg yolks, the Pumpkin is a cream custard. There's no version of these recipes that works without those ingredients; we've tried, and the results weren't something we'd put our name on. So no: nothing on the current menu is vegan, and we don't have a vegan line in development.
Sugar-free
We don't offer sugar-free pies or sugar substitutes. The fillings are sweetened the old-fashioned way, and the caramelization and texture that makes the Pecan taste like the Pecan depends on it.
What we can do
If you have dietary needs that don't involve the above, it's worth asking. Clarisse is happy to walk through what's in any specific pie — allergens, preparation, the works. A few things worth knowing:
- The Spinach & Feta and Shepherd's Pie are lower in sugar than the sweet pies, if that's the direction you're thinking.
- The Strawberry Rhubarb (May–August) is one of the simpler ingredient lists if you're trying to avoid a long list of additives.
- If you have a tree nut allergy but no other restrictions, Clarisse can talk you through which pies don't contain nuts — just keep in mind the shared-kitchen cross-contact risk applies across the board.
We know "no" isn't the answer anyone's hoping for, and we're sorry we can't do more here. The recipes are what they are, and we'd rather be honest with you than sell you something that doesn't fit your needs.
Curious about a specific pie or ingredient? Drop us a line — Clarisse loves these questions more than almost anything else in the kitchen.
support@perfectpies.club is the best place to reach her.
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