Bilberry and plum pie - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
8 -
Cook
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Skill
Easy
Ingredients
For the pastry
- 400 g Plain wholemeal flour
- 200 g Butter (unsalted) chilled and diced
- 3 tbsp Unrefined golden icing sugar
- 1 Eggs medium, whole
- 2 tbsp Water cold
For the filling
- 500 g Plum(s) halved, cored and cut into chunky wedges
- 200 g Bilberries
- 100 g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- ½ tbsp Cinnamon ground
- 2 tbsp Milk (whole)
- 2 tbsp Unrefined golden icing sugar
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1
Put the flour and butter into a processor and blend it until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
For this step you'll need:
- 400g Plain wholemeal flour
- 200g Butter (unsalted) chilled and diced
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2
Add the icing sugar, egg and cold water and blend again until the mixture forms a ball. Wrap and chill for 15 minutes.
For this step you'll need:
- 2 tbsp Unrefined golden icing sugar
- 1 Eggs medium, whole
- 2 tbsp Water cold
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3
Heat the oven to 200°C (fan 180°C, gas mark 6) . Gently mix together the plums, bilberries, sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
For this step you'll need:
- 500g Plum(s) halved, cored and cut into chunky wedges
- 200g Bilberries
- 100g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- ½ tbsp Cinnamon ground
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4
Take a large sheet of baking parchment and roll out the chilled pastry on to it using a floured rolling pin to a 30cm (12 inch) circle. Lift the paper and pastry onto a baking sheet.
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5
Pile the prepared fruit into the centre of the pastry and fold the pastry edges up and over the fruit.
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6
Brush the pastry edges with milk and sprinkle the pastry with golden granulated sugar. Bake for 40 minutes until the pastry is golden and the fruit tender.
For this step you'll need:
- 2 tbsp Milk (whole)