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The best Limburgse Vlaai

Kersenvlaai met slagroom (Cherry Pie with Whipped Cream

This is one is very popular among family and friends here in the USA, who tried the original “Kersenvlaai” in the Netherlands. They said this was very close to the real deal!

Course Dessert
Cuisine Dutch
Keyword Dutch dessert, kersenvlaai, limburgse vlaai,, traditional Dutch food, traditional Dutch Recipes
Servings 8 Pieces

Ingredients

Pie crust

  • 1 ¾ Cup flour
  • ⅝ Cup lukewarm milk
  • ¼ Cup butter
  • ¼ Cup sugar
  • 1 Package yeast
  • ½ Tsp salt
  • 1 egg

Cherry filling

  • 1 Jar Tart cherries in juice 700 gram
  • ⅓ Cup sugar
  • 1 Package vanilla sugar
  • 2 Tbsp cornstarch

Extra

  • 1 Cup heavy cream
  • 1 Tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Use the strainer to collect the cherry juice in a sauce pan. Keep the cherries in the strainer for now.

  2. Use a few spoonful of juice and mix this with the sugar and the vanilla sugar. Boil the rest of the juice in the sauce pan. Add the mixture in the sauce pan and let it slowly boil until the juice thickens.

  3. Add the cherries and warm them up for a few minutes. Turn off the heat and set aside.

  4. Mix all the ingredients for the dough in the Kitchen Aid with a dough hook. Knead for about 15 minutes. Cover the bowl with plastic and let it rise for about 1 hour.

  5. Preheat the oven to 390 F.

  6. Punch in the dough. Roll 2/3 of it out until it covers the pie pan. Grease the pie pan and lay the dough in the pan pan.

  7. Spread the cherry filling over the crust.

  8. Make dough strips or use a lattice maker to make the top of the pie.

  9. Brush the lattice with a little water and sprinkle sugar on top.

  10. Bake for 25 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting into it.