How to Make Cherry Pie — The Victorian Way

Mrs Crocombe has been busy making an ornamental cherry pie, ideal for a late summer dinner. This dish is created using a brown bread biscuit paste and wholewheat flour instead of regular (as the nutty taste really compliments the cherries). She plans on serving this dish between the second course and desert, as a sweet entremet.

INGREDIENTS
450g shortcrust pastry
4 eggs
100g wholewheat flour
450g cherries
100g butter
1tsp cinnamon
100g sugar

METHOD
1. Line the tin with brown paper and flour and construct the pie base and sides from shortcrust pastry. Put in the oven until almost cooked through.
2. Cream together butter and sugar, then add egg yolks and wholewheat flour
3. Whisk the eggs until they form peaks, add cinnamon and slowly mix everything together
4. Layer biscuit paste and de-stoned cherries into the shortcrust pastry pie base, ensuring that the top layer is cherries
5. Place in a moderate oven for between an hour and an hour and a half
6. Just before the pie has finished baking, create a lid from the remaining biscuit paste and sprinkle full of sugar to form a crust
7. Let the pie cool. Decorate with cherries and serve with jug of custard

CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:37 For this recipe, you will need…
01:11 Shortcrust pastry
01:33 Biscuit paste
04:22 Assembling the pie
06:27 Final decorations
07:32 Finished cherry pie

[terminallumbago]

*Mrs. Crocombe stares straight at the camera*
“Not forgetting the cinnamon.”

It means somebody previously forgot the cinnamon, and you BETTER NOT forget that cinnamon.

[PokhrajRoy.]

“A jug of custard” sounds absolutely divine 👏🏽

[deoxyplasmic]

Mrs. Crocombe is the real cherry on top.

[Cationna]

The warm welcome from Mrs Crocombe brought a tear to my eye. How kind of her! She's strict but deep.down inside she's grown fond us in her own way, I'm sure ❤️

[it_buddy]

Could we have an episode about how the courses for different meals work? I'd love to hear Mrs. C's perspective on that

[thegreenmanofnorwich]

I do love the actress who plays Mrs Crocombe - she always manages to come across like a primary school teacher that you really like, but wouldn't dream of crossing.

[amuthealmighty]

I love that the last shot shows how the cake looks after being cut open, really missed it in previous videos!

[FlagCutie]

Knowing that people had to beat egg whites stiff by hand always makes me so happy I have an electric mixer!

[catflower_queen]

I always love those little facts and history we get about the different ingredients while she teaches us how to make each dish.

[breeinatree]

Every time I hear Kathy say, "For this recipe you will need..." it just warms my heart.

[TheWitchvortex]

I like this idea of second dessert.
It's like a second breakfast <3

[tom_something]

I don't think I've ever seen Crocombe so pleased to have a visitor to her busy kitchen. She must be in a good mood.

Maybe there were no troubles with the rest of the staff today, or a brutal heat wave finally ended.

Hmmm, according to Wikipedia, she didn't marry until after leaving Audley End. Crocombe is, after all, her maiden name. Maybe she had a pleasant walk with that fellow who manages the apples. I sensed some chemistry there in a previous video, and I ain't talkin' cider.

I realize I'm totally failing the Bechtel test on that last one, but I feel like gossiping.

[miriamdruyan]

I was in Audley End kitchens two weeks ago, and I can confirm, this music played as I entered the kitchen.

...in my head anyway.

Also, yes, I squeeed. Gratuitously. What an amazing job the historical interpreters do there!!

[SoddyGirl]

This dish resembles what we call a cobbler here in Tennessee. The custard is actually baked with the cherries and pastry, instead of served separately. It looks delicious Mrs. I'm always happy to see a new video!

[donnar]

I love the idea of a dessert before the dessert

[TheCynedd]

I cannot imagine anyone but Kathy Hipperson portraying Mrs. Crocombe😊👍
This recipe is more like what the southern USA would call a "cobbler" but the dish still looks delicious.
I bought the the "Victorian Way" cookbook and it is wonderful.

[psammiad]

Cherry pie and custard, served *before* the dessert course? That's some meal!

[Hellkitty]

~♡~ English Heritage should really think about making and selling the Victorian pie pans for the recipe book ~♡~

[thebluechimera]

Does anyone else just absolutely live for new details about the Crocombe Cinematic Universe

[mmallick]

She is the one for whom without this channel can't survive.