Door County Cherry Sour Cream Pie Recipes

SOUR CREAM CHERRY PIE

Steps:

• FOr crust: sift together flour, orange zest and salt.
• 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.
• 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.
• Press into a ball.
• Wrap dough and chill for 20-30 minutes.
• Roll out on a floured board to 1/8" thickness.
• Place ungreased pie plate upside down onto the pastry and cut a circle of dough out, leaving at least a 1 inch border.
• Remove pie plate, flip right side up and carefully place pastry into the pie plate.
• Trim and flute the edges decoratively.
• Press the nuts into the bottom of the crust.
• For Filling: In a small bowl, mix pie filling, lemon juice, and orange zest.
• Spoon over the crust.
• Beat eggs, sugar, vanilla, and almond extract until thick and lemony, approximately 10 minutes using an electric mixer.
• Stir in sour cream to the egg mixture, then pour over the cherry layer in the pie plate.
• Bake in a preheated 350 F oven on the lowest rack for 45 minutes, or until crust is brown.
• Let cool on rack, then chill well before serving.