Cherry Pie with Papohaku
- 2 three-finger pinches Papohaku white or Kona salt
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into teaspoon-size pieces
- 6 tablespoons very cold shortening, cut into pieces
- 8 to 10 tablespoons ice water
- 2 pints sour cherries (about 3 pounds), stemmed and pitted
- 2 cups confectioners sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1 tablespoons currant jelly mixed with 1 tablespoon water
- To make the crust, crush 1 pinch of salt between your fingers and combine with the flour.
- Using two knives or a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour until the pieces are the size of large grains of rice.
- Cut in the shortening in the same way.
- Sprinkle with the ice water and continue mixing the dough with a pastry cutter or fork just until all visible dryness disappears and the dough is still slightly crumbly.
- Form the dough into 2 disks.
- Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 400F.
- When the dough is chilled, unwrap and flour one of the pastry disks and roll it on a floured board with a floured pin until between 1/4 and 1/8 inch thick.
- Line a 9-inch pie pan with the pastry round, gently easing the crust into the pan, trimming as needed to leave a 1/2-inch overhang all around.
- Poke holes over the bottom of the crust with the tines of a fork and refrigerate while you make the filling.
- To make the filling, toss the cherries in a large bowl with the confectioners sugar and cornstarch.
- Set aside.
- Roll out the other disk of dough in the same way, and cut into 1/2-inch-wide strips.
- Remove the pastry-lined pan from the refrigerator.
- Weave the strips of pastry on top of the filling to make a lattice top.
- Trim the edges of the lattice top crust so that it extends about an inch past the rim of the pan all the way around.
- Fold this overhang under the rim of the bottom crust and crimp the edges with your fingers, sealing the top crust to the bottom.
- Bake until the pastry is browned and the filling can be seen bubbling through the openings in the crust, about 50 minutes.
- Just before the pie comes out of the oven, melt the jelly mixture in a small saucepan.
- As soon as the pie comes out of the oven, brush the lattice with melted jelly and sprinkle the remaining pinch of salt over the top, aiming for the crust lattice.
- Let cool for at least an hour before serving.
threefinger, allpurpose, cold unsalted butter, very cold shortening, water, sour cherries, confectioners sugar, cornstarch, currant jelly mixed
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cherry-pie-with-papohaku-382460 (may not work)