Valentines Day is just around the corner and if you’re celebrating this year we have a lovely little dessert that’s easy and quick to whip up. Whether you’re having a quite night in with your sweetheart or ignoring it all completely this recipe can be adapted to suit.
Seeing as I’m a romantic at heart I gave my mini cherry pies a Valentines twist by shaping them into hearts but you can make circles, squares or even use our pie and pasty maker
Valentines Mini Cherry Heart Pies
You will need
- 200g Fresh Cherries
- 100g Sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice.
- 375g Ready Rolled Shortcrust Pastry
Pre heat your oven to 180 degrees/Gas mark 4
Start by preparing your cherries, wash, chop in half and remove the stone.
Place in a saucepan with the sugar and lemon juice and bring to the boil, leave until over a medium heat until the sugar has dissolved and your cherries are plump. Put to the side and leave to cool.
Remove your ready rolled pastry from the packaging and cut out your pie shapes using a cookie cutter. We have a selection of cutters, all of which can be found here. I used the heart cutter from this set
Remember that for each pie you will need 2 hearts (or circles, which ever you prefer) place one half on a baking tray lined with baking paper and lightly brush on some milk.
Spoon a little of the cherry mixture on to each heart. There will be a lot of liquid so be careful not to add too much else it will dribble out whilst baking.
Place the second half on top and gently press down. Use a fork to seal the edges and to decorate.
Place in the oven for 15 minutes. Be mindful to check as they will cook differently depending on size.
Serve your Mini Cherry Heart Pies warm with a little custard or cream. Lovely!