French Cherry Pie Recipes

FRESH CHERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. In a large saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch; gradually stir in cherry juice until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat. Add cherries, cinnamon, nutmeg and extract; set aside., In a large bowl, combine flour and salt; cut in shortening until crumbly. Gradually add cold water, tossing with a fork until a ball forms. Divide dough in half so that one ball is slightly larger than the other. , On a lightly floured surface, roll out larger ball to fit a 9-in. pie plate. Transfer dough to pie plate; trim even with edge of plate. Add filling. Roll out remaining dough; make a lattice crust. Trim, seal and flute edges. If desired, brush with egg wash., Bake for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 375°; bake until crust is golden brown, 45-50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

CHERRY CUSTARD CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place cherries in greased 9-inch pie pan; sprinkle with 2 tablespoons sugar.
• Place milk in 5-cup blender container; add all remaining ingredients except powdered sugar. Cover; blend at medium speed 1-2 minutes or until smooth. Pour over cherries.
• Bake 40 -50 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve warm. Store refrigerated.

MOM'S FRENCH CHERRY CREAM PIE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and almond extracts. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. In a separate medium bowl, beat whipping cream until stiff. Carefully fold cream cheese mixture into whipped cream.
• Spread beaten mixture in the bottom of pie crust. Cover with cherry pie filling. Refrigerate pie until set and cold, about 30 minutes.

MARTHA'S SOUR CHERRY PIE

Steps:

• Make the filling: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Toss together the cherries, sugar, cornstarch, and vanilla in a bowl.
• Make the crust: Roll out 1 disk pate brisee to a 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Fit dough into a 9-inch pie plate. Pour in filling; dot with butter. Refrigerate while making top crust.
• Roll remaining disk pate brisee to a 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut out 4 to 5 holes using a 3/4-inch round cookie cutter or pastry tip. Place on top of pie.
• Trim bottom and top crusts to a 1-inch overhang using kitchen shears and press together to seal around edges. Fold edges under; crimp as desired. Freeze for 20 minutes.
• Brush crust with egg wash. Bake pie on a foil-lined rimmed baking sheet set on the middle rack, until pie is bubbling in center and crust is golden, 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours. Transfer pie to a wire rack and let cool before serving.

GRANDMA'S FRENCH CHERRY PIE

Steps:

• Mix together cream cheese, sugar, & vanilla until well-combined and creamy.
• Fold in whipped topping.
• Spread into the graham cracker pie crust.
• Top with cherry pie filling.
• Refrigerate at least 4 hours, serve, and enjoy!

CHERRIES JUBILEE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Combine the cherries, lemon juice, sugar and lemon strips in a small saucepan over low heat. Cook until the mixture has thickened, about 20 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat, add the rum and return it to the heat to burn off the alcohol, about 1 minute or until the flame is gone.
• Whisk together the milk, cream, eggs, almond extract and honey in a shallow bowl. Soak the bread in the custard mixture.
• Heat the butter in a large saute pan wide enough to fit both pieces of bread over medium heat until frothing. Drain off the excess custard from the bread, add the slices to the pan and cook the on both sides until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes a side.
• Finish in a 375 degrees F oven if the center is still wet, 5 minutes at most.
• Serve by placing the French toast on a platter, along with the cherries jubilee sauce. Finish with the zest of the lemons and a dusting of confectioners' sugar.

FRENCH CHERRY PIE

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla together.
• Whip cream and fold in carefully.
• Pour into pastry shell, spread evenly.
• Cover with cherry pie filling.
• Chill thouroughly.