APPLE AND BLACKBERRY PIE

APPLE  AND  BLACKBERRY  PIE:                EUROPE
INGREDIENTS:          ( serves 4 )

50  g flour
50  g spelt flour
70  g butter
40  g sugar
1   egg yolk
1-2  tbsp cream
4  apples
200  g blackberries
150  ml  apple juice
200  ml  red grape juice
1  packet  custard powder, to use with 500 ml liquid
75  g sugar
1  egg
1  egg white
Sugar for sprinkling

METHOD:

• Put all the pastry ingredients into a bowl and work to a smooth dough using the dough hook of your electric mixer. Wrap in foil or clingfilm and chill.
• Peel, quarter, core and dice the apples. Wash the blackberries and halve if necessary ( depending on size ).put the apple juice into a pan with 150  ml red grape juice and bring to the boil.
• Mix the rest of the red grape juice smoothly with the custard powder and sugar, stir into the boiling liquid and return to the boil briefly. Stir in the fruit and leave to cool slightly.
• Stir the egg and egg white into the fruit mixture and divide between two baking dishes. Halve the pastry and roll out each half into a circle to fit the dishes.
• Place on top of the filling and press the edges on firmly. Sprinkle with sugar and bake in a preheated oven 200C for about 40 minutes.

TIPS : Slicing the apples will be the most time consuming part of making your apple pie. If you slice the apples thinly,you'll get a dense pie, with the top crust resting on the top of the apples. If you prepare a domed pie, slice the apples thickly, so they collapse as the pie bakes.