Friday, June 26, 2009

CHERRY PRESERVES BERRY PIE


In my pantry, a jar of cherry preserves was growing old. I bought it to make something, and couldn't remember what it was I was supposed to make. So I decided to incorporate the preserves into a berry pie, and it was a huge success.
Though I enjoyed this pie, I do prefer using sugar substitutes, to reduce the sugar load on my overworked pancreas, so it won't be something that I'll deliberately do again. But I will say, the cherry flavor was intensified from the preserves, and it was yummy. (I also had leftover pie dough in the freezer, so this was a fairly quick dessert for me.) I used fresh fruit, but frozen will work. I like using instant tapioca in fruit pies, because it keeps the pie from being runny.
Cherry Preserves Berry Pie
Source: Judy's Kitchen
Rating: 8 out of 10
INGREDIENTS:
your favorite pie crust for a 2-crust pie
4-1/2 cups blueberries, blackberries and sweet bing cherries, mixed
1/4 cup instant tapioca granules (find this by the pudding mixes in your grocery store)
12 oz. jar cherry preserves (you can also use blueberry or seedless raspberry)
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/8 tsp. ground coriander
1 Tbsp. + 2 tsp. butter, divided use
1-1/2 tsp. sugar
Position oven rack to center position of oven. Place a pizza stone, or unglazed ceramic tiles, on top of oven rack. Heat oven to 400F.
Roll out pie crust to fit 9" pie plate; place crust in plate; trim edges; crimp. Roll second sheet out. Cut dough into strips, as desired, for a lattice top. Refrigerate.
For filling, combine fruit, tapioca, preserves, lemon juice, and spices in large bowl; toss to mix ingredients. Let sit for 15 minutes. Fill pie crust with fruit filling, including juices. Dot top with 1 Tbsp. butter, cut into small pieces. Place dough strips on top of pie in desired lattice design. Melt 2 tsp. butter in small custard cup, covered; brush on top of lattic strips. Sprinkle with sugar. Place sheet of aluminum foil underneath pie plate and pull up to form a slight "bowl" under pie plate -- this is to catch drips, because pie will bubble over. (Alternately, you can bake pie in a deep dish pie plate, only bringing dough 3/4 of the way up to avoid spilling over.) Bake on pizza stone 45-50 minutes, or till filling bubbles and crust is browned. (You may need to cover pie edges during last 15 minutes of baking time to protect from burning.) Cool pie on wire rack for several hours before serving. Yield: 8 servings
Serve pie plain, or with whipped cream or ice cream.






12 comments:

Martha said...

Looks yummy!

♥peachkins♥ said...

This pie looks awesome!

Valerie Gamine said...

I love how you added ginger and cinnamon to your pie! These must fuse well with the other flavours. Cinnamon is wondeful in just about anything. :)

Barbara Bakes said...

I love berry pie - your looks delicious!

Reeni said...

This looks so heavenly, Judy! Thanks for the tip on tapioca!

Lyndas recipe box said...

Beautiful pie, Judy! I love the combination of berries that you used.

Kerstin said...

What a great idea, it looks so good! I love it when inspiration occurs like that. I've tried instant tapioca in pies before, so I'll have to try it!

teresa said...

Oh this is just lovely! I love baked goods with cherries!

Marge said...

This pie sound absolutely wonderful. Thanks for the recipe!

Katrina said...

Yum to fruit pies. Looks great! I also just realized something, by leaving off a full top crust, you're savin a bunch of calories! Great idea.

Delectable Dining said...

This looks so good! Thanks for the tip about the tapioca in fruit pies!

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