This cherry pie recipe, which ran in some issues of the Feb. 14 edition of Good Eating in honor of George Washington’s birthday, called for an incorrect amount of shortening and ice water. This is the corrected version.
The pie gets a sweet and crunchy topping, courtesy of almond streusel. For thickening pie fillings made with frozen sour cherries, tapioca is preferable to flour because it produces a translucent glaze.
CHERRY STREUSEL PIE
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Chilling time: 1 hour
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Yield: 8 servings
Pastry shell:
1 1/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cold solid vegetable shortening
3 tablespoons ice water
Filling:
1 package (20 ounces) frozen, unsweetened sour pitted cherries, thawed
2 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon salt
Almond streusel:
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup each: firmly packed brown sugar, butter, slivered blanched almonds
1. Sift together flour and salt; place in medium bowl. Cut half of the shortening into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse meal. Cut in remaining shortening until mixture resembles small peas. Sprinkle ice water over mixture; toss with fork to moisten dough evenly, using as few strokes as possible and minimum amount of water needed. Gently press dough into a ball; flatten slightly. Wrap with plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to 2 to 3 days.
2. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Mix cherries and their juice, tapioca, sugar, nutmeg and salt in bowl. Let stand 15 minutes.
3. Allow chilled dough to soften slightly before rolling. Place dough on lightly floured surface; lightly sprinkle top of dough with flour. Roll out from center toward edge to 1/8 inch thick and 2 inches larger than pie plate, lifting dough and turning a quarter turn after each rolling. Transfer to pie plate; trim edge to 1/2-inch to 1 inch beyond edge of pie plate. Fold edge of dough under; flute edge.
4. Spread filling in pie shell. For streusel, mix flour and brown sugar in medium bowl; cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Lightly mix in almonds. Spoon streusel evenly over cherries. Bake until filling is bubbly all over and topping is well browned, 45-50 minutes. Cool.
Nutrition information per serving:
Calories ………… 615 Fat ………… 35 g Saturated fat .. 12 g
% calories from fat .. 50 Cholesterol … 30 mg Sodium ……. 235 mg
Carbohydrates …… 74 g Protein ……… 5 g Fiber ……… 2.5 g
