Spicy pie, "the Cherry orchard"

Description

Have You tried cherries with star anise? No? Will definitely fill this gap! A delicious spicy pie will surely please You and hot day and a cool spring evening, and without a doubt - in the cold of winter.

Ingredients

Flour

2 cup
Sugar

1 cup
Chicken egg

3 piece
Sour cream

1 cup
Butter

100 g
Soda

1 tsp
Cherry

300 g
Spices

1 tsp
Salt

1 piece
Cognac

50 ml

Cooking

In advance remove from the refrigerator butter, sour cream and eggs. The cherries have defrosted (if fresh cherries - remove the pits and sprinkle it with several tablespoons of sugar for juice).

Included to heat up the oven. Butter at room temperature mixed with sugar. And one by one add yolks. And the egg whites to cool put in the refrigerator.

Mix with sour cream. All the ingredients we have at room temperature, and liquid base for the dough is uniform in texture.

Grind spices. I do it in a mortar... About 10 seeds of star anise, 5 buds cloves, 5 grains allspice, a slice (0,5 tsp.) of cinnamon.

Add loose ingredients - flour, spices, soda (not extinguish). And stir.

Proteins take out of the fridge and whisk with a pinch of salt until stable foam. Carefully enter proteins in the dough, stirring from the bottom up.

Spread the dough in a greased form (I have parchment). Shape diameter 28 cm Of thawed cherries, drained and juice. And cherries spread on the dough, slightly pressing. Put the pie in the oven and bake until done, about 30-40 minutes.

While baked cake, juice (~120 ml), poured into stanicek, plus 3 tbsp. sugar, cinnamon stick, 2 clove Bud, star anise, allspice and 50 ml of brandy - ovarium thick syrup. This stage, if you want, you can skip the pie without the syrup turns out very tasty.