How to make a cherry pie?

A home cherry pie filled with a slightly sweetened fresh cherry, vanilla and almond extract is a wonderful treat for tea.

In addition, the recipe for this dessert is so simple that everything you need is to mix the ingredients and bake the cake. For him you will need the following products:

• 1 pack of shortbread;
• 4-5 glasses of fresh cherries without pits;
• A quarter of a glass (30 grams) of corn starch;
• From 2/3 to ¾ cup (134 to 150 grams) of sugar, the amount depends on the sweetness of the cherry;
• Extract of vanilla 1 teaspoon;
• Almond extract 1/4 teaspoon;
• 1 tablespoon tablespoons lemon juice;
• 1/8 tablespoons of tea salt;
• 1 tablespoon of cold butter, cut into small squares;
• 1 egg yolk;
• 1 tablespoon of fat cream.

Where should I start?

The most difficult part is purifying the cherry. To avoid this, you can buy a ready cherry filling for baking. However, it is recommended to use fresh natural berries. Rinse it well and peel it off.

In a large container, stir sugar, corn starch, vanilla and almond extract , lemon juice and salt. Stir gently to combine the filling that you will add to the cake.

Cherry Piece - a recipe for creating a foundation

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Take half the pack of dough out of the refrigerator and leave it at room temperature for 5 minutes. On a slightly floured surface, roll the dough into a large circle with a thickness of not more than 5 mm. From time to time, check if it sticks to the surface - if yes, then add a small amount of flour.

Give the rolled test the shape of the plate, raising its edges approximately 2 cm along the entire circumference. Make tight borders. Fill the dough stuffing to the very top of the made edges. You should place it so that the liquid from the cherry gathers at the bottom and does not leak. Put on top of the butter slices.

Roll out the second half of the dough, then cover it with a cake from above. Use a sharp knife or kitchen scissors to trim excess edges. Fold the edges of the top layer under the edges of the bottom. You must seal the cherry unit so that a noticeable boundary is formed between the two halves of the dough. Then fasten both edges with your fingers along the entire circumference.

How to bake a cake

Immediately before baking, whisk the egg yolk and cream in a small bowl. Use a brush to apply the mixture to the surface of the cake. Then sprinkle it with one tablespoon of sugar. Cut from 3 to 4 holes in the top of the dessert.

Bake the cherry grocery for 20 minutes, after which you must lower the cooking temperature to 177 degrees and then additionally bake for 30-40 minutes.

What is useful to keep in mind?

It is advisable to bake a cake on a baking sheet covered with aluminum foil.

After baking, the pie should be cooled for at least 2 hours (and preferably three) before cutting so that the filling thickens. You can use a canned or frozen cherry instead of fresh berries.

That's so easy to make this pie. The cherry unit can be cooked from the ground up if there is a desire and a possibility. It is prepared very simply.

How to make a dough for pie

Ingredients:

• 2.5 cups (315 g) of flour;
• 1 tablespoon of tea salt;
• 6 table spoons (90 g) of chilled butter;
• Margarine 3/4 cup (148 g);
• 0.5 cup (120 ml) of water with ice.

Cherry Pie - recipe

Stir the flour and salt in a large bowl. Add butter and margarine. Using a cookie cutter or two forks, cut both products and mix them with the salted flour to a coarse mass (peas should form).

Measure 0.5 cup (about 120 ml) of water, add ice. As soon as the ice begins to melt, begin to add the water in the dough with a spoon. Do not add it more than you need. Stop adding water when the dough starts to form large lumps. Usually enough from 1/3 (75 ml) to 0.5 cup (120 ml) of water.

Transfer the pastry dough to a flour-poured work surface. It should be easy to stick together and not be too sticky. Stretch it in your hands until the flour is completely broken up with butter and margarine. Form the ball, cut the dough in half. Make a ball from each part, wrap each of them tightly in a plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours (can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 days).

In addition, you can freeze the dough for up to 3 months. If desired, it can be thawed during the night in the refrigerator before use in a pie recipe.

What features do you need to know?

Use all products chilled. Cold fats are a key condition in the preparation of shortbread. On a hot day, you can even cool your flour before cooking. When you get the dough from the fridge to roll it out and fill it, the filling should be completely ready.

It is necessary to preheat the oven so that the cold dough is immediately exposed to high temperatures.

Make sure you use enough water to prepare the test. Too small its number will make it crumbling and non-sticky. The formation of a rigid baked crust on the pie can occur as a result of a lack of oil in the dough, and also because of its too long mixing. Therefore, please follow the above recipe to avoid problems.

You can lay out the second layer of the dough on the filling in the form of a grid. This is very easy to do if desired. The cherry pile, the photo of which can be seen in this article, is especially attractive when its filling remains partially open.

How to make a beautiful top

On a slightly floured layer of flour, roll the second half of your dough to the same thickness as the first part. Remember that it is easier to work with a test when it is chilled.

Cut it into flat strips, 1-2 cm in width, depending on how thick you want to make the trellised coating of the pie. You can use a sharp knife or a cutter for pizza or cookies.

Fill the cake stuffing. Spread from 4 to 7 parallel strips of dough over top of the filling, depending on how thick your strips are. The space between them should be about 1-2 cm. Put one long strip of dough perpendicularly parallel. Lay out the remaining parts like - so that the lattice turns out to be criss-crosswise. A cherry dough made of shortcake should be with half open stuffing.

Filling Varieties

You can prepare a delicacy with a filling prepared in a slightly different way. To do this, you need to take a cherry, peeled, and boil it for 10-15 minutes with starch, a small amount of butter and sugar, as well as spices. The best with this berry combines cinnamon and cloves, but you can add everything you like - cardamom, mint and so on. The cherry pile in this case will be more fragrant, and also more dense. In this case, you do not have to worry about that the filling has spread out.

Serve this dessert with a vanilla ice cream. It is ideal as a treat for tea, and as a product for a picnic. And to cook it, as you have already seen, is not difficult. A bit of zeal - and delicious pastries are ready!