Perfect Cherry Pie

Name: Perfect Cherry Pie
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons almond extract; 8 Tbsps butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes and frozen; 8 Tbsps very cold cream cheese, in small pieces; 1 egg white, lightly beaten; 532 milliliters all-purpose flour; 79 milliliters ice-cold water; 59 milliliters potato starch; 1 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps sugar; 4 Tbsps vegetable shortening, in small pieces, frozen; 1 kilograms water-packed red, tart, pitted cherries, drained and juice reserved

Perfect Cherry Pie is a pescatarian recipe with 8 servings. One serving contains 510 calories, 38g of protein, and 25g of fat. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up water-packed, vegetable shortening, cream cheese, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Mix flour, 2 Tbs. sugar and salt in a food processor.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Add 8 Tbs. frozen butter and pulse 4 times, 1 long second each time. Drop shortening and cream cheese into flour mixture; pulse another 4 or 5 times, 1 long second each, until fats are the size of peas and fine gravel.

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Cream Cheese

Shortening

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Peas

Dump mixture into a medium bowl; rub through clean fingertips to blend. Stir in water with a rubber spatula until dough clumps form. Press dough with your palm to form a ball, then divide in half. Wrap each half in plastic wrap, pressing to form thick disks. Refrigerate at least 1 hour.

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Dough

Water

Wrap

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Plastic Wrap

Spatula

Bowl

Adjust oven rack to lowest position and place a pizza stone or four 9-inch quarry tiles (from a hardware store) on rack to form an 18-inch square. Preheat to 400 degrees.

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Pizza Stone

Oven

In a large saucepan, cook 1 cup cherry juice, 1 cup sugar, potato starch and a pinch of salt over medium-low heat; stir with a rubber spatula until a very thick paste forms. Scrape paste into cherries in a bowl.

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Potato Starch

Cherry Juice

Cherries

Sugar

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Spatula

Bowl

Add almond extract; stir to combine.

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Almond Extract

Set a dough disk on a floured work surface.

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Dough

Roll into a 14-inch circle. Fold in half and quickly lift into a 9-inch Pyrex pie plate (not deep-dish). Unfold. Fit dough into pie plate so it is not stretched in any way. Refrigerate.

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Dough

Roll

Roll remaining dough disk into a 12-inch circle.

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Dough

Roll

Remove pie shell from refrigerator, add fruit filling, and dot with 1 Tb. butter. Fold dough circle in half; quickly lift onto filling and unfold. Trim all around to 1/2-inch beyond lip of pie plate.

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Pie Crust