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Cherry Pie

Ingredients Method

310 g all-purpose flour Combine flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor and
briefly stir.
340 g unsalted butter (cold, cubed)
Chop the butter into manageable cubes and add them to
118 ml ice water the food processor. Pulse the ingredients until dough
3 teaspoons sugar begins to form. Slowly add in ice water in increments of
1 tablespoon at a time until your ingredients are coarse
A pinch of salt and crumbly.

0.59 kg cherries Finish the piecrust by kneading it in your hands. Form it
134 g sugar into a flat disc, warp in plastic wrap, and leave
refrigerate for two hours.
3 tablespoons corn flour Preheat oven to 375 F/ 190 c / gas mark 5 when you are
1 teaspoon lemon juice ready to bake your pie.
1 egg Prepare your filling by combining remaining sugar, lemon
1 tablespoon milk juice, corn flour, vanilla, and your cherries in a saucepan.
Stir your ingredients together so that the cherries are
3 drops vanilla extract sitting in unified syrupy liquid.
Cook your cherries in this liquid on medium heat for 2
minutes or until it begins to boil. Leave to cool.
Roll your dough flat on a lightly floured surface. Form
your cold piecrust into two discs, one to fit the bottom
and sides of your pie pan, the other to form the top crust
of your pie.
Press your bottom crust into your pie dish so that it fills
the bottom and sides of the dish.
Fill your crust with cherry pie filling. In a separate bowl
beat your egg with milk.

Brush the visible edges of your piecrust with your
egg/milk mixture.
Cut three 2-inch slits along your top crust to allow heat
to escape, while being careful not to cut them all the
way to the edge of the crust.

Add your top crust on top of you cherry filling.
Seal your two crusts by pressing the points at which they
intersect with a fork and smoothing them into a cohesive
edge.
Brush the top of your crust with egg/milk mixture.
Sprinkle with sugar if desired.

Bake for 50 minutes or until the crust turns golden
brown.
Leave to cool before serving.