The cherry tree is dripping with cherries, birds are gleefully eating all the fruit and the nosy neighbors are again suggesting bears will come attack the tree. They're warning me about a bear that was in the neighborhood 4 years ago...
It's a pie cherry tree but some of them are pick off the tree and eat them sweet! So... of course I decided rather than bead a necklace I'd make my first cherry pie with my first real (not mom's hippy cheater recipe) pie crust.
I've been buying and swapping and collecting cookbooks lately, bread books and classic books and crock pot books and healthy books and potluck books. This town is mad for potlucks. I looked in all the logical places including the pies and tarts book for a recipe for fresh cherry pie filling. Yeah, I know it's that easy... but you'd think the beginner book would at least mention how to make really easy cherry pie filling. Nope. Internets.
Cherry picking helper was way more useful than the multiple pretty pictures cookbooks. Nothing like a cat that doesn't mind the rain.
edited to add the pie, long gone now but oh so delicious! After the road trip (above) the birds had eaten most of the cherries so this pie is a one-off for 2011.
3 comments:
The answer to your blog post title is YES. Have fun! I use the Cook's Illustrated pie crust recipe w vodka, it's excellent. Also, a CI cherry filling with a touch of almond flavoring, sugar, and tapioca for thickener.
Most of the recipes use tapioca and vanilla/almond. I didn't want to go to the store for the almond & tapioca. Next time. I need a pie sharer though, I can't eat all of my experiments!
Next time: thicker crust too.
Yup, things on hand. I made satay last night - had green curry paste instead of red curry paste for the peanut sauce, ohs nos! lol
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