RECIPE ARCHIVE

Welcome to Belltown Hill Orchards' recipe archive. We invite you to take a look around and try out some of our favorite recipes utilizing the fresh, local produce available at our Farm Market. Ingredients marked with an asterisk indicate it's an item we carry in our store (during the appropriate season, of course!)

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Sour Cherry Crumb Pie

Ingredients:
  • 1 pre-baked 9 inch pie shell*
For the Topping: 
  • 3/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/2 cup raw almonds, chopped*
  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
For the Filling:
  • 1 tbsp quick-cooking tapioca
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 4 1/2 cups tart cherries, pitted*
 
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 375*F.
  2. Mix the flour, sugar and salt together in a small bowl. Add the butter, working it in quickly and lightly w/tips of your fingers.
  3. Stir in the almonds by hand and set aside.
  4. In another bowl, mix together tapioca and sugar.
  5. Layer the cherries into the pre-baked pie crust in thirds, alternating them with a sprinkling of tapioca mixture. Cover the cherries with the topping, pressing down on it gently. Bake 45 minutes until golden brown.
*Ingredients available at Belltown