Sour Cherry Pistachio Crisp Food

SOUR CHERRY OAT CRISP

Steps:

• Line the bottom of an oven with aluminum foil to catch spills. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a 9-inch square baking dish with the pie crust.
• Place cherries in a bowl. Let sit in the refrigerator for about 4 hours until juices start to come out. Gently press down on top of the cherries to release juice. Pour off 3/4 cup juice, reserving cherries in the bowl.
• Pour juice into a small saucepan over medium heat. Mix sugar, cornstarch, and cinnamon together. Stir mixture into the juice before it starts to steam. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and keep stirring until mixture starts to thicken, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in vanilla and almond extracts.
• Pour juice mixture into the bowl with the cherries; stir until combined. Pour mixture into the prepared crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes while preparing the crumb topping.
• Mix brown sugar, flour, oats, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl. Cut in butter pieces with a fork until they're the size of small peas.
• Remove cherry pie from the oven. Top with the crumb topping and bake for an additional 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cut a small hole in the center to help vent. Let cool, at least 1 hour. Serve warm.

SOUR CHERRY PIE WITH PISTACHIO CRUMBLE TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425°F.
• On a well-floured surface, roll the prepared pastry dough out to an even circle about 12-inch diameter. Carefully fold the dough in half and transfer it to a 9-inch pie pan. Unfold the dough and press gently so that it lines the bottom and sides of the pan - there should be some dough overhanging the edges. Leaving about 1/2-inch overhang, cut off any dough in excess of that. Tuck the overhang under and pinch the edges decoratively to make a fluted edge.
• In a large bowl, combine the sugar and cornstarch. Add the cherries and vanilla and stir until evenly coated. (If using frozen cherries, let thaw at room temperature before proceeding with the recipe).
• Place the pistachios in the bowl of a food processor. Chop coarsely using on/off pulses. Remove to a bowl. Add flour, butter and brown sugar to the processor and process, using on/off pulses until it form a crumble mixture that sticks together in clumps. Return the chopped pistachios to the processor and process briefly just until mixed.
• Spoon the cherry filling into prepared pastry crust, and sprinkle evenly with pistachio crumble topping.
• Place the pan on a pizza pan or a cookie sheet (to contain any spill-over from the pie as it bakes) and place in the preheated oven.
• Bake at 425F for 15 minutes, then lower the heat to 375F and continue baking for about 60 minutes or until the filling begins to bubble through the crumble topping and the cherries are tender when pierced with a sharp knife.
• Let cool slightly before serving with vanilla ice cream.

PISTACHIO-CHERRY CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Butter a 9" pie pan. In pan, mix cherries with 1 tablespoon sugar, juice and 1 tablespoon flour. In a food processor, pulse remaining 1/2 cup sugar, remaining 1/3 cup flour, pistachios, oats, walnuts, cardamom and salt until nuts are finely chopped, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in butter; sprinkle topping over cherries. Bake until juices bubble thickly and topping is browned, 25 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

CHERRY-PISTACHIO BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease a large cookie sheet. In a food processor, process flour, sugar, lime peel and baking powder until blended.
• Add butter and cherries.
• Pulse until cherries are coarsely chopped.
• Spoon off and reserve 1 tablespoon of beaten eggs.
• Add remaining eggs and pistachios and pulse until dough is evenly moistened.
• Turn dough out onto on a well-floured surface.(Dough will be sticky). Divide dough in 1/4s.
• With hands, roll each portion into a 9" log.
• Place logs crosswise 3" apart on prepared baking sheet. Press logs to flatten to 2" wide. Brush with reserved egg.
• Bake 25 min. or until golden brown.
• Let cool on sheet on a wire rack 10 min.
• Loosen with a spatula and remove to a cutting board.
• Let cool 10 min. longer.
• Using a large heavy knife, cut each log diagonally in 1/2" thick slices.
• Arrange slices upright on clean cookie sheet (no need to grease sheet). Bake 14-16 min.
• longer until crisp.
• Remove to wire rack to cool (cookies will get even more crisp). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

TART CHERRY CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Place cherries in an ungreased 9-in. pie plate. Sprinkle with sugar. In a small bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over cherries. , Bake, uncovered, until top is bubbly, 30-40 minutes. Serve warm.