Cherry & soured cream slab pie
- Cassie Best
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Serves 8
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Prep: 35 mins
Cook: 55 mins
plus chilling and cooling
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Make the most of juicy cherries in summer with this classic dessert – the soured cream perfectly balances the sweet fruit. Serve just warm with a dollop of clotted cream
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A taste of high summer, cherries are sweet and juicy, but they have a very short season so make the most of it. You can use them in savoury dishes as well as sweet but we’ve baked them in a classic dessert with a tangy edge.
Ingredients
Nutrition
Units:
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1 egg
beaten, for glazing
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icing sugar
for dusting
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clotted cream
to serve
For the filling
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900g fresh or frozen pitted cherries
(about 1.2kg unpitted)
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150g cherry jam
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½ lemon
juiced
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1 tsp vanilla extract
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75g caster sugar
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2½ tbsp cornflour
For the pastry
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450g plain flour
plus extra for dusting
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1 tbsp cornflour
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2 tbsp caster sugar
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200g cold butter
cut into cubes
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150g soured cream
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Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal629
- fat26g
- saturates16g
- carbs89g
- sugars40g
- fibre4g
- protein8g
- salt0.68g
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Method
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step 1
First, make the pastry. Tip all the ingredients and ¼ tsp salt into a food processor. Pulse until the dough starts to clump together. Tip onto a work surface and knead briefly until you have a smooth dough. Divide into two pieces, one a little bigger than the other, and shape into pucks. Wrap and chill for 30 mins. Will keep chilled for up to two days.
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step 2
For the filling, toss the cherries with the jam, lemon juice, vanilla, sugar and cornflour until no floury streaks remain.
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step 3
If you’ve kept the pastry chilled for more than 30 mins, remove from the fridge 20 mins before rolling and heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
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step 4
Dust your work surface with a little flour, then carefully roll out the larger piece of pastry until big enough to line the base and sides of a 29cm x 22cm roasting tin with a lip of about 3cm. The pastry will be delicate. If any cracks appear when rolling, squash them back together and keep going. Lift the pastry over the rolling pin and into the tray – don’t worry if it breaks, just patch it up by pushing it into the corners and up the sides and closing any holes. There should be a little overhang around the edges. Spread the cherry filling on top in an even layer. Brush a little egg around the inside edge of the pastry.
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step 5
Roll out the remaining pastry so it’s large enough to cover the pie. To make a lattice topping, cut the pastry into strips. Arrange half the strips in one direction over the pie, leaving a few centimetres gap between each. Weave the remaining strips under and over these in the opposite direction, creating a lattice pattern. Squash the pastry together around the edge, then trim the excess with a sharp knife. Crimp the edge and brush with egg wash.
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step 6
Bake for 50-55 mins, checking the pie after 40 mins. The edges may brown more quickly than the centre; if this happens, wrap a little kitchen foil around the edges to protect it.
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step 7
Remove from the oven and leave to cool for at least 30 mins. If you cut it too soon, the fruit juice will be very runny and spill out of the pie. Dust with the icing sugar and serve just warm with clotted cream.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2025
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