APPLE AND BLUEBERRY PIE
APPLE AND BLUEBERRY PIE
APPLE AND BLUEBERRY PIE

Ingredients
  • 450g/1lb ready-made shortcrust pastry
  • 100g/3½oz caster sugar
  • plus extra for sprinkling
  • ½ lemon
  • zest and juice
  • 550g/1lb 3½oz Bramley apples
  • 25g/1oz butter
  • plus extra for greasing the moulds
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon (optional)
  • 150g/5¼oz blueberries
  • 1 medium free-range egg
  • lightly beaten
  • clotted cream
  • to serve
Directions
  • Butter 6 x 7.5cm/3in dariole moulds (or a 22cm/9in ovenproof dish if you want to make one large pie).
  • Roll out two-thirds of the pastry on a floured work surface using a rolling pin. With a pastry cutter the size of the dariole moulds
  • cut out six discs large enough to line the dariole moulds; line the bottom and sides of the buttered moulds with the pastry discs (or if making one pie
  • cut out a large circle of pastry to line the buttered dish). Transfer to the fridge to chill.
  • Place the sugar
  • lemon juice and lemon zest into a bowl.
  • Peel
  • quarter and core the apples
  • then slice them thickly into the bowl with the lemon and sugar. Mix together.
  • Heat a pan over a medium heat. Add the apple mixture
  • the butter and the cinnamon (if using) and stew for 3-4 minutes. Add the blueberries and cook for a few more minutes
  • before removing from the heat to cool.
  • Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
  • Fill the pastry-lined dariole moulds or pie dish with the cooled apple and blueberry mixture.
  • Roll out the remaining pastry on a floured work surface and cut out discs a little bigger than the dariole moulds or pie dish. Place the pastry on top of the the dariole moulds or pie dish and seal the edges well. Make a small hole in the top to allow the steam to escape.
  • Make decorations (such as leaves) by cutting out any pastry trimmings with a sharp knife and stick them on with a little water. Brush the pastry lids with a little lightly beaten egg then dredge with caster sugar.
  • Bake for 15 minutes
  • until the fruit is tender and the top is golden-brown. Serve hot with clotted cream