Friday, July 31, 2009

Emile Henry and Cherry's


Lets begin by saying, YES..I pitted 6 lbs of cherries with out a cherry pitter. It was not as hard as I thought it would be. I went to the farmers market and they were selling wonderful cherries for 3lb for 2 dollars. Of course, I had to buy 6 lbs. I made a Cherry Pie and Cherry Vanilla Jam.

I have made three or four pies using my Emile Henry pie pan and I want to add it makes a fantastic pie. It cooks the pie crust evenly. Not to mention, the pie never sticks. You always get that perfect slice with Emile Henry.
Check them out at:http://www.emilehenry.com

Cherry Pie
found in Food Network Magazine

Pie Crust
3 sticks of unsalted butter, COLD
3 1/2 cp flour 1/4 cp sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 TB vinegar
1/3 cp. ice water

1. Add the flour, sugar and salt. Pulse to combine in the food processor. Add one stick of the cold butter chopped in cubes. Pulse 3 times. Add the vinegar and another stick of butter. Pulse
3 times. Add the last stick of butter. Pulse three times. Add the ice


water and pulse until dough roll forms.
Refridge for one hour.

FILLING
6 cps. cherries
2 TB quick tapioca
3/4 cp. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp of almond and vanilla extracts
2 TB water



4 TB butter

Mix all together and pour in pie shell. Dot with 4 TB butter



My Vanilla Cherry Jam

5 cps Cherries, purred
Juice of 2 lemons
1 package of Pectin
1 Vanilla Bean, scraped clean (I use Boston Vanilla Bean Company)
3 3/4 cps Vanilla Sugar

Boil the jars and have them ready to fill.

Bring the cherries to a boil. Add the lemons, paste, Pectin. Add sugar one cup at a time.

Let it boil rapidly for one minute and then stir. Shut off. Add jam to jars. Put the jars with jam in them in a boiling bath with lids tightly on. Let the jars sit in the bath for a few minutes. Remove.... You should hear the lids pop (lock)as they cool.

31 comments:

  1. You are getting me to crave sweet pastries. I never crave sweet pastries! Shame on you lol. But those cherries oozing out of that perfectly made pastry have me converted. I need to get myself some cherry pie!

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  2. You pitted 6 times more tha what I had done. I barely made it through a 1 pound of cherries and nearly threw my hands up in the air for defeat. LOL. Nicely done.

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  3. Yeah even with the pitter I still had red fingers and it dripping they were so ripe, and you have to help the seed out, but isn't it worth it! Love this...

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  4. I laugh because I have to do the same thing but thankfully I only have 3 lbs at home. Still no use but it was a great deal I could not turn down.

    Although that vanilla cherry jam sounds good!!!!

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  5. This looks sooo luscious! I love those Emile Henry pie pans too. And omg! Cherries!... I'll try your vanilla cherry jam soon ;)

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  6. Both the jam and the pie look fabulous! I can't believe you pitted 6 pounds of cherries without a pitter. It looks as though you reaped the benefits.

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  7. LOL...Do you want to hear something even funnier? My four yr. old drew a pic of a big bowls full of cherries and me sitting in between them with a knife...haha
    how funny is that?

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  8. That's unbelievable! That's some patience you have! :) Everything looks great though.

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  9. I have 3 lbs of gorgeous bing cherries, but no pitter and no patience for doing it with a knife. But your pie and jam look magnificent.

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  10. Oh Cherry pie sounds like Heaven to me right bout now. Pass the ice cream scooper along with my slice.

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  11. Cherry pie is my favorite...and that jam sounds killer...YUMmerS!

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  12. Oh that jam looks divine. I bet it goes well on close to anything!

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  13. Holy cherry! 60 lbs! How long did that take you?
    But well worth the labor with those luscious pie and jam!

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  14. The cherry pie looks heavenly and I would love the vanilla cherry jam. Cherry jam is always my favorite.

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  15. Whoaaa $2 per lb of fresh cherry is really cheap. Over here we have to pay thru our nose for fresh cherry...haha making them into jam is a real treat over here. And your cherry pie looks delicious...your kids must love to eat them :)

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  16. Oh how I long for a piece of that cherry pie. There is nothing better!

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  17. Miranda, I NEED Vanilla Paste!!! You have inbedded this into my dreams, lol! Wow, the cherry vanilla jam looks amazing! I'm going to have to make this one :)

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  18. I made cherry pie recently and left 4 pits in even WITH a pitter...lucky we still have teeth.

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  19. Oh this looks delicious. I love "American-style" pies. In France, there was no such good ol pie like your beautiful cherry pie. And the addition of ice cream really doesn't hurt.

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  20. Hey Miranda...I'd be glad to guest post on the 14th. We'll figure out how to do a week before. I gotta think what I'm going to write. ;-)

    you can email me at jenn@jenniferrazon.com, if there's anything specific I should know.

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  21. That is an amazing price for cherries...I'm jealous! Your pie and jam both look fabulous...I'm craving cherries now! :)

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  22. whoops! I meant SIX lbs! Typo! Haha, 60 lbs would be crazy!

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  23. Beautiful pastry....cherry in season, wonderful to make a pie or tart for a rainy day (it rains, rains, and rains without stop here....)
    Angie's Recipes

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  24. Congrats..you are Today's Top 9..Great one!

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  25. Miranda some day I am going to visit your dream and ask for a bottle of vanilla cherry jam will you share your bottle with this crazy friend?
    I can drop any where for this delicious food.
    You are a very special friend and A Very Happy Friendship Day to you and all your friends.
    Love always.

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  26. This looks delicious! I love homemade jams, and the vanilla/cherry combination looks especially appealing. I know you asked about submitting your chicken salad to the Monthly Mingle on my blog - as long as it has melon in it, it's fits with the month's theme! The details for the blog event are on a blog called What's For Lunch, Honey so check it out.

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  27. Cherry pie sounds so great right now! I can't believe that deal! $2 is a steal, I would have had to stock up as well. Loved seeing what you did with all of them!

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  28. This is the only way I like cherries - with lots of sugar and baked between two crusts! Looks delicious.

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  29. It looks fabulous! Wow that jam, totally awesome.

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  30. The cherry jam looks so wonderful. I can't wait to make it and have it with my toast in the mornings.

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  31. I love cherries...I just made a cherry cobbler and yes i pitted some cherries too...did not have a cherry pitter; i used the good old straw technique, tooo long...i will be investing in a cherry pitter. Cherry pie looks good, girl!!!

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