Homemade Cherry Pie Filling
Fresh tart cherries give this pie filling a homemade flavor that's superior to canned.
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups fresh tart cherries, pitted
- 1-1/2 cups water
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 6 drops red food coloring, optional
- ADDITIONAL INGREDIENT:
- Pastry for double-crust pie (9 inches)
Reviews
I am going to use canned tart cherries. Will this work as well?
I subsituted 1/4 of the water with orange brandy, which I added once the sauce was thickening. I also added 2 tsp of cinnimon, 1 tsp of cardanom, a pimch of cayenne, and almond. Also used unsalted butter.
Great recipe. Store bought stuff doesn't really do it for me. My only change was to add a dash of cinnamon, cloves, & almond extract.
Had a bunch of fresh cherries that didn't work so well after freezing in a couple of recipes we tried. Turned out delicious with this recipe!
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It turned out with a jelly-like consistancy, I'd look else where. It tasted kind of bitter, maybe I need to pick different cherries, but I think it needed more sugar.
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Easy, delicious, exactly what I was looking for. Not gelatin like at all, for me.
Such an easy recipe and it turned out perfect! Very good! I will be using this recipe again and again.
this was very good me and my sister loved it :D