Cherry pie & vanilla cream

Cherry pie & vanilla cream

June is the start of the cherry season, and this pie is a classic way to cook them. Serve at room temperature with a big dollop of vanilla cream

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 5 mins

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas mark 6. Roll out half the pastry and line a pie dish approx 23cm across and 4cm deep. Cover the pastry with baking parchment and baking beans, then bake for 15 minutes. Take out the paper and beans, and cook for 5 minutes. Trim any excess pastry and cool.
  2. Mix the cherries with the apples and vanilla sugar in a baking dish and cover with foil. Bake at the same temperature for 20 minutes. Take out of the oven and drain off the juice into a saucepan. Cool the fruit.
  3. Mix the cornflour with 3 tbsp of the juice, then stir back into the juice in the pan. Bring the juice to a simmer, then cook until it thickens. Cool. Put the fruit in the pie base and pour over the thickened juice.
  4. Roll out the rest of the pastry, cut a circle big enough to cover the pie, crimping the edges to seal. Brush with milk and scatter with sugar. Cut two slits in the top.
  5. Put on a baking tray and bake for 25 minutes. Softly whip the cream with the vanilla extract and serve with the pie.
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Cherry ice cream sundae

Toss halved and stoned cherries with kirsch and icing sugar and leave to macerate for 30 minutes. Spoon over chocolate ice cream, and top with whipped cream and grated chocolate.

PER SERVING

585 kcalories, protein 4.9g, carbohydrate 60.2g, fat 37.8 g, saturated fat 18.1g, fibre 1.7g, salt 0.67 g

Recipe from olive magazine, June 2011.

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  • 03 June 2011

    d41d0y commented on this recipe

    The filling is gorgeous. Was worried about it being too sweet but the addition of granny smiths is great. Loved the idea of thickening the juices of the roasted fruits. Served with vanilla quark. Definitely a project for when you have a bit of free time as there are a lot of processes involved (make pastry, chill pastry, roll and blind bake pastry, pit cherries, roast fruits, make sauce, roll more pastry) but the recipe is well-written and very clear. Will make again, and will make future fruit pies with this sauce thickening method.

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  • 06 June 2011

    cshand rated and commented on this recipe

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    My first attempt at pie making, and this was beautiful. A million times nicer than shop-bought cherry pies I have tasted in the past, everyone loved it!

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  • 08 July 2011

    Tracy rated and commented on this recipe

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    WOW! So easy to make and tasted so delicious too.

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

  • 500g shortcrust pastry
  • 700g cherries , pitted
  • 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and chopped
  • 100g vanilla sugar (or use normal sugar mixed with a drop of vanilla extract)
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • whole milk
  • 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
  • 300ml double cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
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PER SERVING

585 kcalories, protein 4.9g, carbohydrate 60.2g, fat 37.8 g, saturated fat 18.1g, fibre 1.7g, salt 0.67 g

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