Cherry Tart

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 10 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 large egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons water
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 teaspoons orange juice
• 2 cups tart cherries, pitted and sliced

Recipe

• 1 to make pastry:.
• 2 combine the flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl.
• 3 add the butter and mix together with a fork or fingers till the texture is crumbly.
• 4 in a separate bowl, mix the egg yolks with the lemon juice.
• 5 stir the yolk mixture and water into crumbly flour.
• 6 use your hands to form the dough into a ball.
• 7 press the dough into the bottom only of two 9-inch pie pans or two 9-inch springform pans to about a 3/8 inch thickness.
• 8 refrigerate the crusts for about 15 minutes.
• 9 for the topping:.
• 10 in a medium bowl, combine all the ingredients except cherries and mix well.
• 11 fold in cherries.
• 12 spread mixture to about 1/2 inch thickness on top of chilled crust, leaving a 1/4 inch margin uncovered at edge.
• 13 bake at 425 for 15 minutes.
• 14 reduce heat to 350 and bake for about another 40-45 minutes.
• 15 cool and slice as desired for serving.