“You can create the components in advance and assemble them later to make the pie,” Morrone says. “Puff pastry can be made up to 3 days in advance and refrigerated until ready to use, then brought to room temperature before rolling. Cherry filling can also be made up to 4 days in advance and brought to room temperature when ready to use. Please let it cool completely before storing it in an airtight container in the refrigerator. She added: “Leftover pie can be wrapped and stored in the refrigerator for up to four days.”
If you want to save even more time, you may be tempted to use store-bought puff pastry. But Morrone disagrees. “Ready-made pie crusts don’t taste as good as homemade pie crusts. This cocoa pie crust is really delicious, so I don’t recommend giving it up. I don’t think they sell ready-made chocolate pie crusts that roll up like this, but I… I’ve seen recipes that add cocoa powder and sugar to refrigerated pie dough, so you might want to try that.Again, it won’t taste as good as homemade pie dough, but it’s a time-saving method. It could become.”