Since I’ve been on a roll with baking this week, I decided to make some cherry pies.
Beautifully summer red sour cherries! |
Cherry pie is an all-American classic dessert - a necessity in the summertime! It wasn’t difficult to make this recipe with Turkish ingredients as everything was fairly similar. However, how I decided to mold the pies turned out to be a real pain!
Last year, I received this cute, plastic pie mold as a wedding present. Something I never used until now because I never had the time when I was working full-time in the U.S. Well, it might be the last time I use it because making these individual pies were a pain in the butt! The mold is easy to use, but my pies didn’t seal all the way so the cherry juices came oozing out while baking in the oven.
Maybe I’ll try again down the road as I don’t give up easily. But for now, I’ll share the cherry pie filling recipe with you. Let me know what you decide to create with your Turkish vişne.
Afiyet Olsun!
At least these cherry pies sure look cute! Hubby approved and ate his serving with my homemade peach ice cream. Meanwhile, I enjoyed mine for breakfast. |
Vişne (Sour Cherry) Pie Filling
Ingredients:
70 ml. (2.5 oz.) cold water
30 g. (3.5 T.) mısır nişastası (cornstarch)
825 g. (29 oz.) vişne (sour cherries), rinsed and pitted (Note: I purchased 1 kilo, but this is the amount I ended up with after I destemmed and pitted the cherries.)
210 ml. (7.5 oz.) water
230 g. (8 oz.) vanilla sugar or plain granulated sugar
1 T. fresh lemon juice
25 g. (-1 oz.) butter
1. In a small bowl, whisk together the cold water and cornstarch together. Set aside.
2. Place the water in a medium-sized saucepot. Bring to a boil. Whisk in the starch mixture. Return to a boil. (This happens rather quickly.)
3. Add the sugar, lemon juice and butter. Simmer until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture has thickened.
The mixture will look like this and boil very quickly. |
4. You may have some starch lumps so you can strain the mixture, using a metal sieve. Then pour the hot syrup over the the cherries and mix gently, using a rubber spatula.
5. Let the cherries cool completely before adding to your pie shells.
5. Let the cherries cool completely before adding to your pie shells.
Just a spoonful of cherries. |
This filling also could be used and served alongside cheesecake or as a topping for ice cream.
Or use your favorite pie dough recipe and make a large cherry pie or individual ones like I did below.
Or use your favorite pie dough recipe and make a large cherry pie or individual ones like I did below.
After cutting out star shapes from your pie dough, place 1 star in the mold with 1+ Tablespoon of the cherry pie filling. |
Place a second star, with a ventilation cut-out, on top. Slightly press down to seal the edges. Then press the mold together, clamping down, to seal tightly. |
2 comments:
they sure look good! i can neve get sour cherries here!
What a shame! I would ship you some from here if I could! ;-)
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