The beginning of summer is the thriumph of cherries.
I love their intense red color (my favorite), their crunchy and juicy texture,
but most of all I like their health benefits.
Cherries are one of the very low calorie fruits, they are rich source of nutrients, vitamins (C and A), and minerals.Cherry fruits are very rich in
stable anti-oxidant melatonin, that helps calming down the nervous system.
They are also good source of minerals such as potassium, iron, zinc, copper and manganese. Their anti-inflammatory property has been found effective in
reducing heart disease risk factors by scavenging action against
free radicals.
What do you want more????!!!....
All that said we are ready to make a super-delicious pie with them!
Cherry pie
Ingredients:
800 g (around 2 pounds)of fresh dark cherries
60 g (around 3 TBS) of almond meal (or toasted and grinded almonds)
140 g brown sugar
1 tsp of arrowroot dissolved in 1/4 glass of cold water or
30 g of corn starch
280 g of flour
180 g of cold butter
6 TBS of cold water
Prepare dough mixing in a blender flour,a pinch of salt with butter to obtain crumbles, then add 5/6 TBS of cold water.
Transfer on a wooden table, mix well then cover it with cling paper and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
Remove stones from cherries and mix them with sugar, grinded almonds and arrowroot.
Roll half dough to make a fine pastry and transfer it on a buttered pie tray.
Fill it in with cherries mixture and cover with left over dough rolled and cut in stripes.
Bake at 450 F (220 C) for 20 minutes and at 375 F (180 C) for other 30 minutes or till golden.
Let it cool down and ENJOY IT!!!!
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