Pie cherries = cherry pie!!
It'll be a grand and glorious Fourth!
Four quarts of sour pie cherries. Step one: stem the cherries.
Step two: pit the cherries.
Dang, took me about an hour and a half to stem and pit all the cherries. The delightful part is that I'm allergic to the raw cherries (not life-threatening, but really annoying sneezing, itchy eyes, etc.). I have to wear gloves when I handle the fruit.
6 cups stemmed, pitted pie cherries
2 cups sugar
1/2 tsp salt
4 1/2 Tbp Minute® tapioca
1/8 tsp almond extract
2 Pillsbury pie crusts, rolled out and cut into strips
1/4 cup half-and-half
Turbinado sugar
Combine the cherries with sugar, salt, Minute® tapioca, and almond extract, and let sit for about 10 minutes. Pour into an appropriately sized baking dish. Cut the pie crusts (I used a ravioli cutter, which gives the edges) into strips, and artfully arrange them over the fruit in the baking dish.
Brush with the milk, and sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
Place on a non-stick foil-lined baking sheet, and bake at 375°F for about 60-65 minutes, or until crust is nicely browned, and the fruit is bubbling up around the edges.
Cool completely. Serve with sweetened whipped cream or ice cream.
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Pie cherries!
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