Name: Sour Cream and Jam Pie (Сметанник)
Yield: 8 to 10 Servings
Cuisine: Russia
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; Pinch of salt; 1½ cups raspberry jam (preferably seedless); Grated rind of 1 lemon; 1 egg yolk; 1½ cups pecans or walnuts, ground; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces; 2 egg yolks; 1 tablespoon ice water; ¼ teaspoon almond extract; 1 teaspoon sugar; ½ cup sour cream

Preparation info

8 to 10
Servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A Taste of Russia

By Darra Goldstein

Published 1983

About

Smetannik, whose name derives from the Russian smetana, “sour cream,” is a gloriously rich pie, its buttery crust holding copious amounts of sour cream, jam and nuts.

Ingredients

Pastry

2 cups flour
Pinch of salt
Grated rind of 1

Method

To make the pastry, mix together the flour, salt and lemon rind. With a pastry blender or your fingers, cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse meal. Work in the 2 egg yolks and water until the dough holds together, adding more cold water if necessary. Shape the dough into two balls. Wrap each in waxed paper and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

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