hwasierra.blogg.se - How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A. by Marjorie Priceman

Roll out each piece of dough between two sheets of clingfilm, lifting the clingfilm after each roll as necessary.

Divide the dough into two balls, one slightly larger than the other.

Preheat the oven to 175☌/350☏ (without fan).

Set the cherry filling aside to cool completely.

You want a fairly thick mixture so that it can hold its shape when you cut the pie later.

Continue stirring until the mixture thickens.

Whisk together the lemon juice and cornflour (cornstarch) and add this to the cherries.

You can mash the cherries with a wooden spoon to help the process.

Cook over medium-high heat for about 5-10 minutes until the cherries start to break down a little.

Place the cherries, sugar, lemon zest and 1 split vanilla pod into a large saucepan.

Alternatively, slice a piece off the cherry and try to extract the stone this way.

Remove the stones from the cherries, ideally using a cherry pitter (it is best to wear an apron while doing this).

Chill the dough in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Add the egg mixture slowly to the dry ingredients, and mix until everything just comes together.

In a small bowl or cup, gently whisk together the egg and water.

Alternatively, you can do this in a food processor or by simply rubbing the butter into the flour and sugar with your fingertips.

Using the paddle attachment, mix until everything looks crumbly or like wet sand.

Place the butter, flour and icing sugar (powdered sugar) into the bowl of a stand mixer.This cherry pie is delicious served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream, but I wouldn’t refuse a slice of cold cherry pie either. The end product was a pretty quick and easy cherry pie which tastes just as it is described, packed full of cherries and little else. Leila Lindholm’s Twin Peaks Cherry Pie is comprised simply of a cherry compote which has been thickened with cornflour (cornstarch) and enhanced with the flavourings of a vanilla bean, and encased in a lovely shortcrust pastry. Now that I have had a taste of a cherry pie, I can see why one can become rather fixated with this classic dessert. Lindholm seems to be as smitten as I am with American diner desserts and her cherry pie recipe takes inspiration from the cult TV series of the early 90s, Twin Peaks, in which one of the show’s characters, Agent Cooper (played by the dashing Kyle MacLachlan), habitually ordered a slice of cherry pie with his coffee whenever he visited the local diner.

Despite being a true American dessert, this cherry pie recipe actually comes from a popular Swedish cook, Leila Lindholm, from her book, One More Slice.