The Pie Recipes

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ¾ cup semolina flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
• ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 stick (4 oz.) unsalted butter, room temperature
• zest of one orange
• 1½ cups sugar
• 3 large eggs, room temperature
• ½ cup plain Greek-style yogurt or sour cream
• 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons good quality gin (I’m a fan of Hendricks)
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1½ cups of diced rhubarb (make sure to remove all leaves, rinse the rhubarb and pat dry)
• 1 cup sweet or sour cherries, rinsed, stems removed, pitted
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup water
• 2 tablespoons Campari
• 1 tablespoon sweet vermouth
• 1 vanilla bean, split
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon Gin (or 1 tablespoon syrup from the gin poached rhubarb)
• 1 or 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice (depends how thick/thin you prefer the glaze)