Old fashioned summer pie with cherries and raspberries.
Ingredients
- all-purpose flour: 3 cups
- ¼ cups cold lard: 1 piece
- ice water: 5 Tbsp
- egg: 1 piece
- white vinegar: 1 tsp
- salt: 1 tsp
- ½ cups white sugar: 1 piece
- quick-cooking tapioca: 3 Tbsp
- raspberries: 2 cups (fresh)
- tart cherries, pitted: 2 cups (fresh)
- lemon juice: 1 tsp
- almond extract: 0.25 tsp
- egg: 1 piece (beaten)
- heavy cream: 3 tsp
- coarse sugar: 1 Tbsp (to taste)
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Stages of cooking
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Pour flour into a bowl and cut in lard. Mix ice water, egg, vinegar, and salt together in a separate bowl. Add to flour mixture and mix until well combined. Divide pastry into halves, wrap in plastic, and chill for at least 1 hour.
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Combine 1 1/2 cups sugar and tapioca in a bowl. Add raspberries, cherries, lemon juice, and almond extract. Let fruit filling stand 15 minutes.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch glass pie plate.
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Roll out half the pastry to fit the pie plate. Place bottom crust in the pie plate. Roll the top crust into a 10-inch circle and cut it into 1/2-inch strips using a sharp paring knife or pastry wheel. Pour fruit filling into pie plate. Moisten the rim of the bottom crust with a small amount of water. Start with the longest strips and lay the first 2 in an 'X' in the center of the pie. Alternate horizontal and vertical strips, weaving them in an over-and-under pattern. Use the shortest strips for the edges of the lattice. Fold the ends of the lattice strips under the edge of the bottom crust and flute the crust.
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Stir together egg and cream in a small bowl. Brush lattice with egg mixture and sprinkle with coarse sugar.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.
