Crust Ingredients:
2 cups unbleached flour (I mixed 1 c wheat 1c white)
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup ice cold water
Filling Ingredients:
1 bottle of Trader Joe's Morello Cherry (approx 1 lb 9 oz)
3/4 cup sugar
1 small lemon zest
2 tsp lemon juice
1/4 t all spice
1/4t cinammon
1/4t almond extract
1 Tbsp brandy
4 Tbsp Tapioca
Prepare Crust:
Mix flour and salt
Put in blender
Add oil & water
Blend until it is well mixed
Take out and form dough
Roll it out thinly, and gentle place in a pie mold
Prepare Filling:
Drain Mortello Cherry
Take1/2cup of the juice, add sugar, add tapioca, add spices, almond extract, brandy
Boil in medium heat until tapioca are clear and the mixture is thick (but not lumpy)
- If the mixture is too thin, mix 1/4c juice with corn flour and add to the mixture
- If the mixture is too thick, add juice
Ready to bake:
Drain the cherry by batch, place them on the 8" or 10" pie mold
Pour the filling 'gravy' over it
Use remaining flour to make strip and form a lettice design on top
Bake at 425F for 30 mins
