Sour cherry slab pie is a classic fruit dessert made with a thin pastry base and a generous layer of tangy sour cherries baked until perfectly set. This easy sour cherry slab pie recipe is known for its balanced sweet-and-tart flavor and simple preparation. Popular in Central European home baking, it is ideal for serving larger groups, family gatherings, or festive occasions.
Sour Cherry Slab Pie
Print RecipeIngredients
- CRUST
- 30 Dekagram (dkg) flour
- 10 Dekagram (dkg) icing sugar
- 1 Piece egg
- 10 Dekagram (dkg) butter
- 1 Tea spoon (tsp) baking powder
- 1 Decilitre (dl) milk
- FILLING
- 7 Decilitre (dl) pitted, preserved sour cherry
- 1 Piece vanilla pudding powder
- 15 Dekagram (dkg) sugar
- 4 Decilitre (dl) juice of preserved cherry
- GLAZE
- 1 Table spoon (tbsp) sour cream
- 1 Table spoon (tbsp) icing sugar
Instructions
CRUST
This is a traditional cherry pie recipe which my favorite pastry because a little sour and not just sweet.
Stir together butter, sugar, flour, baking powder and egg and continue stirring well than add 1-1.5 dl milk. Knead the so! dough and refrigerate for 20 minutes. Since the dough cool down just prepare the filling and let it cool also.
FILLING
Drain the cherry and pile up the preserved juice. Make sure the cooking liquid is 4 dl if it is need add water. Heat with sugar add the pudding and cook until so!, than add cherry and cook it 2-3 minutes. Let it cool down on room temperature. Cover the 20×25 cm sized baking pan with baking paper and preheat the oven for 180 C degree. Half the dough and roll out on floured board to fit to the size of baking pan and pre-bake for 5 minutes. Than place evenly the cherry filling and spread the rest of the rolled dough to form the crust that fit pan shape and place it over filling.
GLAZE
Gray with folk the crust and grease the top of the pie with sour cherry evenly and place the pie into the medium heated oven and bake until the crust is golden brown approx 40 minutes. Remove from baking pan and sprinkle with powder sugar over warm pie and slice a!er cooling down 15 minutes at least.
