This deep red pie is not your typical cherry dessert. Find yourself surprised by the sweet spiciness packed in with the tart cherries.
Are you ready to spice up your cherry pie? Ginger might just do the trick. Do you need a little more sweetness to compliment the tart cherries? Strawberries are sweet and maintain their unique flavor very well in a pie. This pie is very pretty, but it also has a surprisingly varied flavor. The cherries and strawberries compliment each other beautifully, but both fruits have a unique encounter with ginger.
Cherry Strawberry PiePrep time: 20 min Bake time: 1 hour
Ingredients:
- Pastry for a double crusted pie
- 2 cups of pitted fresh or frozen cherries (thawed)
- 1 cup of quartered cleaned fresh or frozen strawberries (thawed)
- 1/4 cup of flour
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1/2 tsp ginger
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Roll just over half of the pastry and lay it in an 8 or 9 inch pie plate. Make sure there are no holes in the bottom and that there is plenty of overhang in order to create a seal around the edge of the pie.
- Mix cherries, strawberries, flour, sugar and ginger in a bowl.
- Place fruit mixture into the pie crust.
- Roll the rest of the pastry and place it on top of the pie. Seal the edge carefully.
- Vent the top of the pie with fork pricks.
- Bake in heated oven for one hour.
Tips for Making Pies:
- Dust your rolling surface and the pastry dough with flour before rolling. Also, make sure to move your dough frequently to keep it from sticking. Dough that is stuck to the counter will not roll evenly.
- Fruit pies always settle a significant amount. Even if the fruit is heaped in the pie plate, do not be concerned. The end result will be a deep dish pie.
- Venting pies is important so that the steam from the filling doesn't crack the pie shell in an inconvenient location. Leaks from the bottom will make a sticky pie pieces that are difficult to remove. Leaks from the edges will make a mess in the oven. A baking sheet under your pie will minimize clean-up inside the oven.
- Flour and cornstarch are essential thickeners for pie fillings. Without sufficient thickener, pies will be runny and crusts will be soggy.
This cherry strawberry pie settles quite a bit as the fruits are so soft. Also, because the fruits are so willing to give up their liquid, this pie is prone to cooking over into the oven. Use a nine inch pie plate or be prepared with a baking sheet underneath the pie. The thickening is sufficient in this pie for a solid serving.
