Cherry pie

Cherry pie

Think American diners… think steaming hot coffee… think our luscious cherry pie. Serve warm with a dollop of ice cream or thick double cream.

Cherry pie

If cherries don’t float your boat, give our classic apple pie recipe a go instead.

  • Serves icon Serves 6
  • Time icon Takes 55 min to make, plus chilling

Think American diners… think steaming hot coffee… think our luscious cherry pie. Serve warm with a dollop of ice cream or thick double cream.

If cherries don’t float your boat, give our classic apple pie recipe a go instead.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
505kcals
Fat
22.4g (13.5g saturated)
Protein
6.3g
Carbohydrates
74.5g (33.5g sugar)
Salt
0.4g

Ingredients

  • 300g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
  • 150g chilled unsalted butter, cubed, plus extra for greasing
  • 100g golden caster sugar
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • Pinch of ground cinnamon
  • 500g cherries, stoned
  • 1 tbsp milk, for brushing
  • 2 tbsp golden granulated sugar
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Method

  1. Put the flour, butter and 75g golden caster sugar into a food processor and pulse until the mixture resembles crumbs. Add the egg yolk and 2-3 tablespoons cold water. Pulse until the mixture comes together to form a ball. Turn out, wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes.
  2. Mix the cornflour, remaining golden caster sugar and cinnamon together, then gently toss with the cherries in a bowl. Put a baking sheet into the oven and preheat it to 220C/fan200C/gas 7.
  3. Grease a 23cm pie dish – ideally one made of enamel or metal. Roll out half the pastry on a lightly floured surface and use to line the dish. Trim the edges, pile the cherry mixture into the centre and spoon over 4 tablespoons water. Brush the pastry edges with water. Roll out the remaining pastry and use to cover the fruit, making a hole in the centre. Press the edges to seal, trim off the excess pastry and crimp the edges with your forefinger and thumb.
  4. Brush the pie with milk and sprinkle with the granulated sugar. Put the pie on the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 180C/fan160C/gas 4 and bake for a further 15-20 minutes until the pastry is pale-golden. Serve with cream.

Nutrition

Calories
505kcals
Fat
22.4g (13.5g saturated)
Protein
6.3g
Carbohydrates
74.5g (33.5g sugar)
Salt
0.4g

delicious. tips

  1. The ability to make cherry pie was once the test of an American girl’s suitability as a wife. This cherry pie recipe would certainly have done the trick and nowadays men are perfectly at liberty to make it too.

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