Method
Note: this recipe requires an additional 40 minutes for cooling.
- Soften butter add desicated coconut, plain flour & brown sugar, combine.
- Roll 2/3 of pastry out between 2 sheets of baking paper for a 20cm or 9" pie tin. Line dish & edges with pastry then chill for 15 mins. Pat into baking dish & bake at 160c until it starts to go golden brown. Remove & cool
- Combine cherries, lemon juice, cinnamon & 1/4 cup of raw sugar. Cook for 5 minutes in a saucepan until sugar has dissolved. Mix cornflour with a small amount of cold water, then stir into the cherry mixture. Cook for a further 3 minutes until mixture boils & thickens. Chill right down.
- Pre heat oven now to 180c.
- Spoon cooled cherry mixture into line pie dish, roll out remaining pastry in the same fashion. Cut pastry into 2cm strips & arrange in a lattice formation over the pie dish. Pressing edges in to seal, then trim edges & brush with egg white. sprinkle remaining brown sugar over top.
- Place in oven & bake for 40 minutes until pastry is golden & crisp. Allow to stand for 15 minutes before cutting.
More Tips
- If cherries are out of season, use pitted cherries in the can fruit aisle of supermarket.