The Pie Recipes

Ingredients

• 2½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 8 oz. (2 sticks) cold, unsalted butter, cut into ½” pieces
• ⅔ cup ice water (you may not need all of the ice water)
• 1 generous cup sweet cherries, stems removed and pitted
• 2 lbs. ripe but firm pears, peeled, cored, cut into ½” thick slices (you should have 4 cups of pear slices)
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
• ¼ cup dark brown sugar
• 1-2 tablespoons sugar, depending on the sweetness of the pears
• ¼ teaspoon cardamom
• pinch of salt
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• ½ vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped with the tip of a knife
• 2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
• egg wash made from 1 egg yolk blended with 2 tablespoons cream or milk
• sanding sugar for sprinkling