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Cardamom Cherry Pie


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How to Make Cardamom Cherry Pie

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
1 c
3 c
1 tbsp
2 c
1 tsp
1 tsp
3/4 tsp
1/2 tsp

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Crust

1. Add the flour, sugar, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly.

2. Cube chilled butter. Add it to the dry ingredients, rubbing it in with your fingertips. Work until nearly smooth.

3. Slowly add 1/2 cup of very cold water, teaspoon by teaspoon. Gently work the water into the dough with a spatula or wooden spoon until all flour is incorporated into the dough. Knead the dough just a few times, and press into a rough ball shape.

4. Flatten dough into a circle. Wrap in plastic wrap, and chill for at minimum one hour.

5. Remove from refrigerator, and roll out into a pie crust shape. This recipe calls for only the bottom crust, but feel free to be creative and add a top if you like.

Filling & Finish:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

2. If preparing with dried cherries, use 1 1/2 cups dried cherries and 4 cups water to rehydrate them. If fresh, use 3 cups cherries and and 2 1/2 cups water. In a medium saucepan, add ginger, sugar and cherries and water. Simmer the mixture for one hour. Now, add cardamom and cornstarch. Simmer ten minutes or until mixture thickens.

3. Meanwhile, place crust into a pie pan, pressing the dough into the corners. Bake the crust for fifteen minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven. Pour the cherry mixture into the crust. Mixture will continue to thicken as it cools.

4. Serve hot!

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Juicy, tart, tangy Cardamom Cherry Pie brightens your holiday table with its enthusiastic vibrancy. It's as bright as can be! Piled high with sweetly spiced cherries over a crispy crust, this sumptuous pie happily accepts rave reviews. Even after a heavy meal (say, on Christmas?) there's room for Cardamom Cherry Pie. Why? It's full of juicy fiber, deliciously warming digestive spices, and is even gluten free... not that you'd know it! Treat the tummies of your friends and family this holiday season to the growing fame of Cardamom Cherry Pie. Enjoy!

Nourish Your Blood

Cherries are an excellent way to nourish your blood (rakta). High in iron, cherries rebuild deficient anemic blood. Cherries' warming, blood building nature is perfect for December. Decembers cold temperature creates blood stagnation. However, their warming nature can aggravate pitta. In winter, the skin turns pale with the cold. Cherries are a skin tonic whose sweetness and sourness moisturizes your skin while restoring a healthy red glow.

Fabulous Fruity Fiber

Juicy Cardamom Cherry Pie is excellent for dry type constipation. Cherries cooked in sugar create a mucilage that keeps the intestines moist and moving, while the high fiber content of cherries results in bulky, easy stools. Sour cherries themselves are a gentle laxative. What does this mean for your and your digestion this holiday season? The dessert after dinner is a simple cure for constipation.

Soothes Firey Emotions

Cherries calm down the fiery emotions of Pitta constitutions. When under stress, hot Pitta constitutions tend to become impatient, frustrated, critical, and outright angry. The sweet perfection of cherries help bring these passionate friends back to a state of serene calm. The liver, an organ related to heat and Pitta, is also associated with anger. Their beta-carotene and sour taste immediately bring heat out of blood.

The holidays tend to be stressful in many ways- emotionally, physically, and digestively. Berries are lymphatic movers and cleanse your liver, allowing you to remain mellow and calm amidst the hustle and bustle.

Light, Healthy Dessert for Heavy Constitutions

Cardamom Cherry Pie is a safe choice for Kapha's sweet tooth thanks to natural sugars and high fiber content. Cherries are warming to the digestive tract and stimulate metabolism while their sourness aids in fat metabolism. Pungent cardamom and ginger aid digestion as well by keeping your digestive fire nice and strong.

AYURVEDA'S GUIDE TO VITALITY & WHOLESOME NOURISHMENT

Your Ayurvedic diet is tailored to your individual body and your specific imbalances. With an Ayurvedic diet you feel joy and satisfaction because what you are eating truly nourishes and balances you. Disease results from diets and lifestyles that are incompatible with your nature. By eating a personalized diet matched to your body, you experience optimal health. See How it Works.

Is Cardamom Cherry Pie Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?

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Metabolic Nature of Cardamom Cherry Pie

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METABOLIC NATURE

Metabolic Nature

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (gunas). Aggravating them weakens your body and causes imbalance. By knowing which biocharacteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct metabolic imbalances before you get sick. Every biocharacteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold). You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite biocharacteristic.

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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Easy refers to anything easy to digest, or digests quickly.

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.

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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.

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TASTES

The 6 Tastes

Taste is used to sense the most basic properties and effects of food. Each taste has a specific medicinal effect on your body. Cravings for food with certain tastes indicate your body is craving specific medicinal results from food. Taste is experienced on the tongue and represents your body's reaction to foods. Sweet taste causes physical satisfaction and attraction whereas bitter taste causes discomfort and aversion. Kapha should use less sweet taste while Vata and Pitta would benefit from using more sweet taste. One of the first signs of illness is that your taste and appetite for food changes. The six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Do you crave foods with any of the tastes below?

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SWEET

ABOUT SWEET BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sweet refers to anything builds tissue, including macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

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DOSHAS

The Three Doshas / Body Types

Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.

Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.

Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.

Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.

The 3 metabolic body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).

Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.

Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.

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PACIFIES
Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Kapha aggravating Pitta aggravating

GREEK MEDICINE / TEMPERAMENTS

The Four Temperaments / Humors

Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia. They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature. Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.

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PACIFIES
MELANCHOLIC

ABOUT MELANCHOLIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold and dry metabolic nature. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant.

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AGGRAVATES
CHOLERIC

ABOUT CHOLERIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.

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PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Wet & cold. When out of balance becomes congested, stagnant, and overweight. Loving, trusting, and patient.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot & moist. Full-blooded, vigorous. Vivacious, social, and epicurean. Bullish.

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Other

Bland

BLAND

Bland means doesn't have much taste. In Chinese medicine, bland taste refers to afood without little macronutrients, such as cabbage, radish or bok choy.

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Aromatic

AROMATIC

Herbs or spices with volatile essential oils that present strong aromas. Aromatic oils shock, refresh and numb tissue, with the end result of relaxing, opening and clearing stagnant fluids in tissues.

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Downward

DOWNWARD

Downward-moving (Adho Gati Marga) substances move food downward in the GI tract, settle the nervous system, and relax muscles.

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Red Blood

RED-BLOOD

Red blood (Rakta Dhatu) includes red blood cells and blood vessels.

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Cardamom Cherry Pie
Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary. The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.

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Quenches Thirst

QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

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Relieves Burning

RELIEVES-BURNING

Herbs that soothe a burn or reduce an internal burning sensation, such as aloe vera.

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Makes You Tired

MAKES-YOU-TIRED

Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.

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Strengthens Resolve

STRENGTHENS-RESOLVE

Increases determination and courage by reducing stress and building strength.

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Satisfies Stomach

SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Diaphoretic

DIAPHORETIC

An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.

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Warms Chest

WARMS-CHEST

Warms the chest and lungs, clearing mucus and allowing for clear breathing. Often these herbs are hot, aromatic, and pungent.

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Soothes Throat

SOOTHES-THROAT

Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.

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Flushes Sinuses

FLUSHES-SINUSES

An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.

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Warms Ears

WARMS-EARS

Stimulates peripheral circulation to warm extremities, including the ears.

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Cardiac Stimulant

CARDIAC-STIMULANT

Herbs that increase the heart rate. Useful in cardiovascular health, blood stagnation, and subjective feeling of heaviness in the chest area.

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Calms Heart

CALMS-HEART

An herb that literally calms the heart. These herbs are helpful in the treatment of anxiety, sadness, depression, or other emotional imbalances in the heart. Related to the Chinese Herbal Category 'calms spirit.'

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Vasodilator

VASODILATOR

A vasodilator is an herb that widens the blood vessels by the relaxation of smooth muscle cells within the vessel walls, thereby increasing circulation systemically or to a local area.

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Diuretic

DIURETIC

Herbs that promote urine formation, thereby flushing the kidneys and urinary tract while eliminating any excess water retention. As diuretics reduce water retention, they are often used to reduce blood pressure.

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Constituents:
Fats, Melatonin,
Aromatase Inhibitor

AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.

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, Carbohydrate,
Phytates

PHYTATES

Phytates prevent absorption of nutrients. They are commonly found in all seeds, including nuts, grains, and beans. Sprouting greatly reduces phytate content, as well as long, slow cooking with vinegar.

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, Phosphorous,
Catechins

CATECHINS

Antioxidant that reduces cancer and blood clots, dilates blood vessels, and is antimicrobial.

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, Sodium,
Salicylates

SALICYLATES

Salicylates relieve inflammation, are anti-cancer, and antidiabetic, but some are allergic to it.

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Inositol

INOSITOL

Inositol is an alcohol sugar made naturally in the human body from glucose. It is lipotropic (aiding fat metabilism in the liver). It affects a variety of hormones, neurotransmitters, steroid, growth factors and water.

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Flavonoids

FLAVONOIDS

Flavonoids are a colorful type of polyphenol. As all polyphenols, they have a strong antioxidant effect. Many flavonoids have an anti-inflammatory, and/or antiallergen effect.

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Polyphenols

POLYPHENOLS

Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.

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Coumarin

COUMARIN

Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.

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, Quercitin

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About the Author

John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle with Ayurveda. His approach to Ayurveda is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda, offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, medieval Catholic philosophy, & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. His wife and family of 7 kids live in Asheville, NC.

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“Happy pi day, everyone! JMC"
Larissa Demalteris Golden, CO
2020-01-02
“This was a great addition to the Christmas dessert table. It removes toxic heat and also restored vata deficient heat, while also looking festive!"
“You may do either...pre-made or scratch. Organic stores have great alternatives."
Susan Asheville, NC
2013-12-19
“What is the measurement if using frozen, unsweetened cherries?"
“For frozen cherries I'd use the same amount. Enjoy!"
David McKaig Swannanoa, NC
2013-12-21
“Jane...it is a pie. Enjoy!"
Kimberly Kubicke Asbury park, NJ
2017-07-25
“Generally it's thought that if you cook fruit with other food, it is more acceptable to combine it."
Tanya Belireau Canmore, AB
2017-12-17
“do you know if arrowroot powder work as a substitute for the cornstarch in this recipe?"
“Yes, arrowroot will work!"
Sandra San jose, CA
2018-12-28
“This pie unfortunately didn't turn out well for me with an overpowering cardamom flavor - my mistake for trying a new recipie on Christmas. The ingredients list includes only 3/4 t of sugar, however, the instructions reference adding sugar to both the crust and the cherry filling. It seems that there should be more sugar added to the cherry filling?"
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