Sour Cream Cherry Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon orange zest, finely grated
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3 -6 tablespoons ice water, as needed
• 2 tablespoons ground almonds
• 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon orange zest, finely grated
• 3 large eggs
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 3/4 cup sour cream

Recipe

• 1 for crust: sift together flour, orange zest and salt.
• 2 using a pastry blender or two knives, cut in the shortening until the mixture looks crumbly, with most of the pieces the size of small peas.
• 3 sprinkle with some of the water,no more than 1 tbsp at a time, mixing gently with a fork to incorparate wenough water to form a dough ball- it will just start to stick together.
• 4 press into a ball.
• 5 wrap dough and chill for 20-30 minutes.
• 6 roll out on a floured board to 1/8" thickness.
• 7 place ungreased pie plate upside down onto the pastry and cut a circle of dough out, leaving at least a 1 inch border.
• 8 remove pie plate, flip right side up and carefully place pastry into the pie plate.
• 9 trim and flute the edges decoratively.
• 10 press the nuts into the bottom of the crust.
• 11 for filling: in a small bowl, mix pie filling, lemon juice, and orange zest.
• 12 spoon over the crust.
• 13 beat eggs, sugar, vanilla, and almond extract until thick and lemony, approximately 10 minutes using an electric mixer.
• 14 stir in sour cream to the egg mixture, then pour over the cherry layer in the pie plate.
• 15 bake in a preheated 350 f oven on the lowest rack for 45 minutes, or until crust is brown.
• 16 let cool on rack, then chill well before serving.