Apple And Tart Cherry Pie Recipes

APPLE AND CHERRY TARTS

Steps:

• Pulse the flour, confectioners' sugar, and salt in a food processor until just combined. Add the butter and process until the mixture resembles coarse bread crumbs. Add the ice water gradually and process until the dough holds together when pressed between two fingers. Form the dough into a disk, wrap it in plastic wrap, and chill for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Lightly grease 8 cups of a 12-count muffin pan and line the pockets with strips of parchment paper hanging over the edges. These will help you lift out the tarts.
• On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the pastry dough until it is 1/8-inch thick. Cut out 8 pastry circles, and use them to line the muffin pan cups. Cut out 8 additional circles to serve as the tart crust.
• In a medium bowl, toss together the cherries, apples, cornstarch and sugar, and spoon the mixture into the pastry cups. Top the tarts with the pastry circles, and crimp the edges together with a fork. Cut a small vent in the top of each of the tarts, brush them evenly with the egg white, and bake until they are golden, about 35 to 40 minutes.

APPLE AND TART CHERRY PIE

Steps:

• Position rack in lowest third of oven and preheat to 400°F. Stir first 5 ingredients in large bowl. Mix in apples, dried cherries and preserves.
• Roll out 1 dough disk on lightly floured surface to 13-inch round. Transfer dough to 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Brush inside and top edge of crust with glaze. Spoon filling into crust. Roll out second dough disk on floured surface to 13-inch round. Cut out small hole from center. Arrange dough over filling. Seal top crust to bottom crust at edge. Trim double overhang to 3/4 inch. Fold under, crimp edge. Brush crust (except edge) with glaze.
• Place pie on baking sheet. Bake until apples are tender; cover crust with foil if browning too quickly, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Cool on rack. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Store at room temperature.)

RUSTIC CHERRY APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Pie Crust:.
• In a bowl, stir together flour, sugar and salt.
• Using a pastry blender, cut butter cubes into flour mixture until pieces are pea-size.
• Sprinkle vinegar over flour mixture, tossing with a fork.
• Sprinkle 5 to 6 tablespoons cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, over flour mixture, tossing with a fork each time until dough is moistened and crumbly.
• Gather dough into a ball, flatten into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours.
• Roll dough into a 12-inch circle.
• Filling:.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a bowl, stir together sugar, cornstarch and cinnamon.
• Add apples to cinnamon sugar mixture and mix thoroughly.
• Add cherries and lemon juice and mix thoroughly.
• Place filling in center of crust, dot with butter.
• Bring pastry up and 2 to 3 inches over the filling, overlap or pleat and gather folds in the dough, gently press together where necessary.
• For Topping:.
• Stir together flour and brown sugar.
• Cut in butter until crumbly, sprinkle over apples and butter.
• Bake 40 to 50 minutes, until crust is golden.
• Remove to wire rack and cool.