Valentine's Day Pie
Description
The pastry is simple and quick to prepare. Many of us celebrate this holiday, if not with a festive dinner, then at least with a celebratory tea. It's a wonderful, joyful occasion to once again express your love and appreciation to your significant other. This day doesn't always fall on a weekend, so I suggest baking this delicious pie, which won't take much time or effort. The recipe is easy— you'll definitely succeed. The pastry is ready. Serve it at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. First, thaw the cherries and let all the juice drain off. Then remove the pits.
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Step 2
2. Ingredients for making pastry cream — a type of custard cream.
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Step 3
3. Pour milk into a saucepan, add cornstarch, regular sugar, and vanilla sugar, and stir. Add two egg yolks and mix thoroughly until smooth.
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4. Cook over medium heat, constantly stirring with a whisk. When the mixture begins to boil, bubble, and thicken, add 40 grams of butter and lemon juice. Whisk thoroughly with a whisk until well combined.
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5. Transfer the cream and cover it with plastic wrap. Let it cool.
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6. And these are the ingredients for making shortcrust pastry for the pie base. Dried nuts need to be ground into flour.
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Step 7
7. Mix the flour with baking powder, add sugar and butter. Rub together.
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8. Add one egg and one yolk, knead the dough.
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9. The dough can be placed in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes, or you can work with it immediately.
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10. Take a small piece of dough and roll it out thinly. Use a cookie cutter to cut out hearts.
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11. Grease a baking pan (28 cm in diameter) with a small amount of butter, then shape the dough into a base with edges.
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12. Evenly spread the berries and cover with cream.
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13. And arrange the hearts.
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Step 14
14. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for about 40 minutes, until the hearts are golden brown.
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15. Decorate the pie as desired.
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16. And this is what it looks like when sliced.