tart cherry pie

Name: Tart Cherry Pie
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) all purpose flour; 12 tablespoon(s) butter, cut into pieces; 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 teaspoon(s) sugar; 1/4 cup(s) orange juice (scant); ## FOR A 2 CRUST PIE; 3 pound(s) (one pound cans) unsweetened sour cherries, drained and save 1 1/2c cherry juice; 3/4 cup(s) sugar; 1 1/2 cup cup(s) saved liquid from cherries; 3 tablespoon(s) tapioca flour (quick cooking tapioca which has been ground to a flour)

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Jean Antosh

Brookfield, CT

Updated on Nov 19, 2010

This recipe was originally made under the supervision of my sister in law who is a fabulous cook. She taught me how to make perfect pie crust and the cherry filling is fabulous. I use Thank You brand canned tart cherries in their own juice for this pie. They are hard to find and other canned cherries can be substituted as long as they are tart and canned in juices. Frozen sour cherries can also be used. You would need 4 cups of cherries and the juice of a lemon for liquid. Thickener like Tapioca flour is needed for both versions. Fresh sour cherries require no additonal liquid as they make their own, but do need thickener.

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prep time 1 Hr

cook time 1 Hr

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yield 12 serving(s)

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour
12 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons sugar
1/4 cup orange juice (scant)
FOR A 2 CRUST PIE
3 pounds (one pound cans) unsweetened sour cherries, drained and save 1 1/2c cherry juice
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup cups saved liquid from cherries
3 tablespoons tapioca flour (quick cooking tapioca which has been ground to a flour)

How To Make tart cherry pie

Step 1

Make pie crust. Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl.

Step 2

Cut in butter and mix with finger tips until somewhat like cornmeal.(Not quite as fine).
Step 3

Sprinkle OJ a little at a time from a spoon and very gently coax dough to come together. The liquid will absorb. Often I need less than called for, so take your time and don't get it over wet.
Step 4

Divide the dough in half and form into flat balls, and just squeeze lightly to press the dough together in each ball.
Step 5

Cover bowl with a towel and chill for one hour.
Step 6

While dough chills make filling. Place 3 cans cherries in large bowl having drained of their liquid.
Step 7

Add to cherries: 3/4 cup sugar, 1 1/2 cups reserved liquid from cherries, and 3 TBS of tapioca flour.
Step 8

Allow cherries to sit a while and get ready to roll out the dough. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Step 9

On a well floured board, roll out the first dough ball about 1/4 thick. Place in a glass bottomed deep dish pie pan. Cover with a damp towel so the dough does not dry out while you roll out the top crust.
Step 10

Add cherry mixture to pie pan with dough. The mixture will be quite full and watery. I often have more than my pan will take. Dampen the pie dough edges where the top crust will be placed with some of the cherry juice.
Step 11

Roll out top crust and place on top. Pleat edges and cut steam vents on the top dough.
Step 12

Place the pie on a cookie sheet with sides (like a jelly roll pan) and place on the middle rack in a 375 degree oven.
Step 13

Bake about 1 hour, the juices will bubble up through the vents a bit and sometimes it bakes over onto the cookie sheet below. The crust will be a warm golden brown.
Step 14

Cool on wire rack. Enjoy!
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