*Variations on this pie
Frozen/defrosted sour cherries: omit the juice
More cherries: if you have a very deep dish pie plate, you can add another jar/can of cherries totaling 4 jars/cans. You would increase the sugar to 3⁄4 cup and the juice to 1⁄3 cup. You can increase the tapioca to 1⁄3 cup.
A sweeter pie: for 3 jars/cans of cherries, increase sugar to 3⁄4 cup; for 4 jars/cans, increase sugar to 1 cup.
Vegan: use organic Earth Balance and cut the salt in the crust in half. Dot the filling with your favorite plant butter. Brush the crust with oat milk.
Gluten-free: the best option is to use the King Arthur Gluten-free Pie Crust Mix. If you are willing to make it from scratch with multiple flours, this is the best homemade GF pastry recipe I have
used: https://bojongourmet.com/gluten-free-pie-crust-whole-grain/
Pâte Brisée (pie dough for double pie crust)
2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour or white spelt flour
1⁄2 Tablespoon cane sugar
1 teaspoon sea salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into tablespoon size pieces 5-8 Tablespoons ice water
1. Place the flour, sugar and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade and pulse a couple times until blended.
2. Add the butter to the flour and pulse until the mixture resembles peas.
3. Pour 5 Tablespoons of ice water on top of the flour mixture and pulse about 10 times. Avoiding
the blade, carefully grab a small handful of dough and squeeze together. If the dough holds together without crumbling, it’s ready to be formed into a disc. If it’s too dry, pulse in another few teaspoons of ice water until dough holds together.
4. Transfer dough to a piece of plastic wrap and bring dough together to form a ball. Divide in half and shape into two disks. Wrap each disk in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 30 minutes at which point it will be ready to roll out. Or you can keep the dough refrigerated for 2-3 days, or in the freezer, well wrapped for 2-3 months. (Wrap in plastic wrap and place in a ziploc bag. Defrost in the refrigerator.) If dough has been chilled for more than 2 hours, allow to sit on the countertop a few minutes before rolling.