American cherry pie
Description
A cherry pie is very easy to make and takes very little time. You can use fresh or frozen cherries, and the latter do not need to be thawed. A fragrant, pretty, and very delicious pie. Serve warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients for an American cherry pie.
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Step 2
Place the soft butter in a bowl.
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Step 3
Add the powdered sugar.
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Step 4
Sprinkle in a pinch of salt and flour.
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Step 5
Mix the butter, icing sugar, salt, and flour until the mixture is crumbly.
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Step 6
Pour 3–4 tablespoons of ice-cold water into this crumb mixture and quickly knead the dough. Chill it for 30–40 minutes.
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Step 7
While the dough chills, prepare the filling for the pie. Put the cherries in a saucepan, add sugar to taste and vanilla sugar.
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Step 8
Heat the cherries with the sugar and stir until the sugar dissolves. Then dissolve the starch in a small amount of water and pour it into the cherries with the sugar. Stirring constantly, cook the cherries until thickened. Cool the filling.
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Step 9
Take an 18–20 cm diameter baking pan. Roll out two thirds of the dough and line the pan with it.
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Step 10
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Step 11
The user wants me to translate a Russian recipe text into English. They want ONLY the translation, no explanations or quotes. Let me translate: "Вторую часть теста раскатайте, нарежьте полоски и выложите на вишневую начинку крест на крест." Translation: Roll out the second part of the dough, cut it into strips, and arrange them crosswise over the cherry filling. Or more naturally: Roll out the second portion of dough, cut it into strips, and place them in a crisscross pattern over the cherry filling. "крест на крест" means crisscross or lattice pattern. I'll provide only the translation as requested. `</think>` Roll out the second portion of dough, cut it into strips, and lay them in a crisscross pattern over the cherry filling.
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Step 12
Bake the pie in an oven preheated to 175–180 °C for 30–35 minutes.
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Step 13
Remove the baked pie from the tin, let it cool slightly, then serve it for dessert.