Sugar Crust Cherry Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb cherries, stoned
• 3 tablespoons superfine sugar
• 1 tablespoon kirsch
• 14 ounces all-purpose flour
• 7 ounces butter, cold, diced
• 2 ounces superfine sugar
• 2 egg yolks, plus 1 for glazing
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 toss the cherries and sugar together with the kirsch and leave to macerate for 20 minutes.
• 2 to make the pastry, put the flour in a food processor, add the butter and pulse to breadcrumbs.
• 3 add the superfine sugar and mix. add the 2 egg yolks and pulse until the mixture comes together (you might need to add a splash of cold water as well). wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 20 minutes.
• 4 heat the oven to 375°f roll out half the pastry and line 1 large or 4 small pie dishes.
• 5 put the cherry mixture in the bottom then roll out the rest of the pastry and drape over the top and trim.
• 6 crimp and seal the edges then glaze all over with the remaining egg yolk. bake for 30-35 minutes until the pastry is crisp and golden. in the last 5 minutes of cooking, sprinkle the brown sugar over.
• 7 rest for 10 minutes before serving with vanilla ice cream.