Wow! It’s a bumper crop this year, what to do with ALL those cherries? How about Homemade Cherry Pie? It’s fun and relaxing to have a Cherry Pitting Party, just sit around outside in that beautiful May Day pitting and laughing with friends and family.

There is something we lose as a society by not getting down and dirty with our food! It shouldn’t all be about convenience and speed. Why spend hours isolated on an electronic device when you can unplug and talk, really talk, over a big bowl of cherries! Like a friend of mine said today ” it’s like the quilting days, when women got together and talked over quilting”. No special equipment needed, just your fingers, a good friend and some bowls.

 Homemade Cherry Pie from Fresh Cherries

4 cups pitted cherries

1 and 1/3 cups granulated sugar

1/3 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

4 Tablespoons cold butter

Prepared Pie Crust (see my previous post)

1 Tablespoon milk

1 Tablespoon granulated sugar

Mix sugar, flour and salt together until combined, pour over pitted cherries and stir until thoroughly mixed.

Roll out Pie dough, place over Pie dish, pour cherries into dough. Chop butter up into four slices and add on top of Cherry mixture. Roll out second dough ball, place on top and pinch edges, tucking top layer of dough under bottom layer and pinch. Or you can trim the dough around the edge of the dish and pinch with a fork, spritze with milk, brushing your hand over the top of the milk spritzed dough until a light layer of milk in cover it. Sprinkle with sugar. You may want to protect the edges of the dough with a collar of tinfoil to prevent burning while the Pie bakes.

Bake at 400 for 20 minutes, reduce heat to 350 and continue baking for 30 more minutes. Pie should be golden brown. Remove tinfoil collar to allow the edges to brown.

Recipe Index:

Desserts:

Buttery Flaky Pie Crust

Cherry Pie (published May 20, 2017)

Homemade Berry Pie (published July 23, 2017)

Almond Roca (published February 22, 2018)

Homemade Banana Cream Pie (published May 10, 2018)

Cannoli (published August 3, 2017)

Easy Authentic Tiramasu (published May 3, 2018)

Ooey Gooey Blonde Brownies (published August 11, 2018)

Old Fashioned Peach Crisp (published August 1, 2018

Classic Canned Peaches (published August 8, 2018)

Noyaux (Almond Extract made from stone fruit pits) Published August 7, 2017

Cherry Cheesecake Ice Cream (Published May 25, 2017

Breakfast:

Whole Wheat Waffles (published August 12, 2017)

Dutch Babies (published May 30, 2018)

Dinner Ideas from Around the World:

Babaganush (Middle Eastern Roasted Eggplant Dip) Published July 29, 2017

Shrimp Spring Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce (Published August 18, 2017)

Saltimbocca (Roman Style Veal Scallopini) (Published February 18, 2018)

Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef Salad (Bun Bo Xoa) Published March 12, 2018)

Spiced Chickpea Salad with Roasted Cauliflower (Published April 22, 2018)

Steamed Mussels and Fettuccine (Cozze e Fettuccine) Published May 4, 2019)

Shrimp Risotto (Risotto alla Gamberi) Published June 2, 2018)

Pasta Carbonara (Published May 12, 2018)

Arancini (Italian Fried Rice Balls) Published June 4, 2018)

Ossobuco alla Milanese (Milan Style Veal Shanks & Saffron Risotto) Published June 20, 2018)

Lasagna Bolognese (Published Aug 3, 2018)

Kung Pao Chicken (Published August 23, 2018)

Eggplant Parmesan (Published August 29, 2018)

Gyoza (Potstickers or Chinese Dumplings) Published August 27,2018)

Cacio e Pepe (Published August 28, 2018)

Southern Fried Chicken (published September 11, 2018)

Side DIshes:

Festive Pineapple Sesame Coleslaw (published September 14, 2018)

Italian Roasted Vegetable Platter (published September 13, 2018)

Canning and Preserving:

Noyaux (French bitter almond extract from stone fruit) (Published Aug 7, 2017)

Sweet & Spicy Pickles (Published July 6, 2017)

Canned Peaches (Published August 23, 2018)

Ricotta from Powdered Milk (Published Aug 5, 2017)

Candied Orange Peel (Published September 12, 2018)

For other great travel articles about living in Italy try one from our Archives:

A Morning Run in Nettuno (Published September 10, 2017)

A Visit to Castelli Romani (Published September 13, 2017)

Dinner for Six (Published October 1, 2017)

Italian Cooking School (Published October 8, 2017)

Culinary Tour of Napoli (Published November 17, 2017)

Changing Seasons in Italy (Published November 25, 2017)

Our Trip to Englands Cotswolds (Published January 12, 2018)

Cooking with Pasquale (Published January 28, 2018)

A Tour of the Garden of Ninfa (Published May 7, 2018)

A Trip to Montefiascone (Published May 17, 2018)

San Gimignano, a visit to a Tuscan Hill Town (Published June 9, 2018)

Tuscan Hot Springs of San Filippo & Saturnia (Published June 13, 2018)

August in Sperlonga (Published August 30, 2018)