Cherry Pie

Such a pie is not only delicious, but also very elegant! In preparation, it is also very pleasant. And we start cooking... of course, from the test. To do this, in a large bowl, mix the sifted flour with granulated sugar (white) and half the salt, mix everything well with a whisk. After adding butter to the flour mixture (we leave 20 grams for the filling) and rub all the ingredients into crumbs. You can use a fork, mashing the butter, and then continue with your hands.

Now add a third of water to the crumbs, knead the dough, then add the second third of water, knead again. Pour in the remaining water, knead the dough until smooth and smooth. When the dough is ready, we divide it into three parts. We leave one part to decorate the cake on top, while we put it in the refrigerator, pre-wrapped in plastic wrap.

The remaining two parts are joined together, knead a little and spread on the work surface, greased with vegetable oil. This is necessary so that the dough does not stick. We roll out the dough into a round layer of such a diameter that it fits into the selected baking dish (it is advisable to use a round one, since traditionally pie is prepared in a round shape) and it was possible to form the sides of the future pie.

We cover the form with parchment and put the rolled layer into it, form the sides. You can make them beautiful - jagged, in the shape of petals, etc. Or you can just smooth. It depends on personal preferences and momentary inspiration :) We leave the dough in the form for an hour in the refrigerator.

At this time, we prepare the filling, for which I wash the cherry, dry it with paper towels and remove the bones. If frozen cherries are used, then we defrost it beforehand. We put the prepared cherries in a saucepan, then fill it with brown sugar (you can also use white). We also add the butter and spices left for later - cinnamon and cloves. Pour the remaining salt and corn starch, mix everything well and put it on medium heat.

Bring the contents of the pan to a boil, then reduce the heat to a minimum and cook the cherries for 10 minutes. In the process, do not forget to mix the future filling from time to time. Remove the pan from the heat, let the filling cool to room temperature.

Time has passed - we extract the form with the base of the dough from the refrigerator and put the filling into it. We take the remaining dough out of the refrigerator, spread it on the work surface, removing the film. We roll out the dough into a thin layer and cut out stars of different sizes with metal pastry molds. In general, it doesn't have to be stars. You can cut out hearts or flowers. Or you can just cut the layer into thin strips and weave them into a lattice.

So, decorate the surface of the pie and put the mold with it in a preheated oven to 200 degrees for 15 minutes. When this time has passed, we reduce the temperature to 180 degrees and cook the pie for another 25 minutes. We remove it from the oven, let it stand in the form for 5-10 minutes, and then take it out of it. When the pie cools down to a warm state, sprinkle it with powdered sugar and serve it on the table.

Bon appetit!