The Pie Recipes

Ingredients

• 2½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 sticks (8 oz.) cold butter, cut into small pieces
• ½ cup ice cold water
• 3-4 firm but ripe Bartlett pears, peeled, cored and sliced ⅛” thick (4 cups)
• zest of one small lemon
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1½ cups frozen, pitted sweet cherries, cut in half, thawed, partially drained
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped
• ¼ teaspoon cardamom
• pinch of salt
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• egg wash made from one egg beaten with 2 tablespoons of cream or milk
• coarse sugar for sprinkling