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Cherry Pie

A fruit pie made with ripe cherries and sugar, topped with a second crust.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Cherry Pie

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Line a pie dish with the crust.

  2. Fill the dish with ripe cherries, adjusting the sugar based on their sweetness.

Bake and serve

  1. Cover with another crust and bake.

  2. Serve cold, sprinkled with white sugar on top.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Ripe cherries
Provide the main filling and fruity flavour that the sugar balances.
Sugar
Sweetens the cherries and balances their natural tartness.
Pie crust
Forms the structure that holds the filling and bakes into a crisp shell.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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