Red, White and Blue Cherry Pie
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Author: Diane, adapted from The Four and Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book
Recipe type: Pie
Cuisine: American
Serves: 8
Ingredients
- Crust: Crust for a double crust pie (artofthepie.com{
- Filling:
- 6 cups of cherries, (use 3 different colors of cherries such as red sweet, Queen Anne, and Bing, as desired)
- 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- 3 Tbsp organic granulated quick cooking tapioca
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 large egg
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
Instructions
- Line pie pan with bottom crust and refrigerate. Keep top crust or lattice pieces refrigerated until ready to use.
- Combine cherries, lemon juice, sugars, tapioca, salt, egg, and bitters in large bowl and toss to combine. Pour in refrigerated pie shell. Chill in refrigerator for 10-15 minutes to set the pastry.
- Heat oven to 425 degrees. Place top crust or lattice on the pie and brush with egg wash and sprinkle with sugar.
- Place pie on a rimmed baking sheet and bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes or until pastry is set; lower temperature to 375 degrees and finish baking until juices are bubbling, about 30 more minutes.
- Cool for 2-3 hours.
Recipe by People, Places and Pies at https://peopleplacespies.com/visiting-george-washington-university-followed-pop-patriotic-pie-party-red-white-blue-cherry-pie-old-glory-patriotic-pie/