Sour Cherry Pie
- flour, for dusting
- 1 double pie shell (2 disks pate brisee)
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 18 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise, seeds scraped and reserved
- 2 lbs fresh sour cherries, pitted (about 6 cups)
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 12 cup apricot jam
- Preheat oven to 375F Place foil on bottom oven rack to catch any juices.
- MAKE THE CRUST: In a lightly floured work surface, roll out dough into a 14-inch round (1/4-inch thick).
- Fit dough into a 9-inch pie plate.
- On a lightly floured piece of parchment, roll out disc of dough to 1/8-inch thickness.
- Trim to make a 9x12-inch rectangle.
- Using a clean ruler as a guide, cut 16 strips (each 12-inches long by 1/2-inch wide) with a fluted pastry wheel or sharp knife.
- Place strips on a parchment lined baking sheet, and refrigerate until cold, about 10 minutes.
- Combine sugar, cornstarch salt and cinnamon in a large bowl.
- Using your fingertips, rub vanilla seeds into sugar mixture.
- Add cherries and toss.
- Pour cherry mixture into prepared pie plate.
- Dot top with butter.
- Lightly brush exposed edge of crust with egg.
- MAKE THE LATTICE: Lay 8 strips of dough across the pie.
- Fold back every other strip.
- Lay another strip perpendicular in center of pie.
- Unfold the strips over perpendicular strip.
- Fold back the strips that are under the perpendicular strip.
- Lay a second perpendicular strip next to the first.
- Unfold the strips over the second perpendicular strip.
- Rpeat, weaving strips, across half the pie.
- Return to center, lay a perpendicular strip on woven side of pie and repeat.
- Trim sides to make a 1-inch overhang.
- Tuck extra under rim of crust, and crimp to seal.
- Brush with egg.
- Bake until crust is golden and juices are bubbling (if using fresh cherries, begin checking after 1 hour, if using frozen begin checking after 1 hour and 25 minutes).
- If top begins to brown too quickly, tent with foil and continue to cook.
- Let pie cool slightly on a wire rack., Meanwhile, warm jam in a saucepan over medium heat, then pass through a sieve.
- Brush warm pie with jam and let cool.
- Pie can be stored at room temperature (covered loosely with parchment paper and tented with foil) for up to 1 day.
flour, shell, sugar, cornstarch, salt, cinnamon, vanilla bean, sour cherries, unsalted butter, egg, apricot
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/sour-cherry-pie-406160 (may not work)