Description
Old fashioned summer pie with cherries and raspberries.
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ¼ cups cold lard
- 5 tablespoons ice water
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 3 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca
- 2 cups fresh raspberries
- 2 cups fresh tart cherries, pitted
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 egg, beaten
- 3 teaspoons heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon coarse sugar, or to taste
Instructions
- Pour flour into a bowl and cut in lard. Mix ice water
- egg
- vinegar
- and salt together in a separate bowl. Add to flour mixture and mix until well combined. Divide pastry into halves
- wrap in plastic
- and chill for at least 1 hour.
- Combine 1 1/2 cups sugar and tapioca in a bowl. Add raspberries
- cherries
- lemon juice
- and almond extract. Let fruit filling stand 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch glass pie plate.
- Roll out half the pastry to fit the pie plate. Place bottom crust in the pie plate. Roll the top crust into a 10-inch circle and cut it into 1/2-inch strips using a sharp paring knife or pastry wheel. Pour fruit filling into pie plate. Moisten the rim of the bottom crust with a small amount of water. Start with the longest strips and lay the first 2 in an ‘X’ in the center of the pie. Alternate horizontal and vertical strips
- weaving them in an over-and-under pattern. Use the shortest strips for the edges of the lattice. Fold the ends of the lattice strips under the edge of the bottom crust and flute the crust.
- Stir together egg and cream in a small bowl. Brush lattice with egg mixture and sprinkle with coarse sugar.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.
Prep Time: 40 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 3 hrs 40 mins
Servings: 8