Apple and Blackberry Pie

So my husband loves Jamie Oliver and recently purchased a few of his cooking at home dvds. I decided that I would make an apple and blackberry pie with a shortbread pastry from Jamie’s recipe. I left out a few of Jamie’s ingredients from the filling as they weren’t available and were not necessary.

Crumble 500g of plain flour ( sieved ) and 250g of cold butter. Add a handful of icing sugar ( sieved ) and bring everything together with 2 eggs and a splash of milk. Pat into a dough and wrap in cling film and put in the fridge for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes take out the pastry and cut in half. Roll out one half for the bottom of the pie and second half for the top.

Fill the pie with 2 sliced cooking apples and a bowl of freshly picked blackberries. ( We have a bush in the back garden which I picked clean last month and put multiple bags full in my freezer ). Mix the fruit with sugar to taste.

Cover the pie with the other half of the pastry and cut a few slits in the top to let the steam from the fruit out. Glaze with some beaten egg and dust with some sugar. Put in the oven for 40 – 50 minutes at 180c.

Yummy, fruity goodness…. I can’t wait to eat it!