Billington’s

Bilberry & Plum Pie
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Bilberry & Plum Pie

This pie is baked on a baking tray and the pastry is folded over the filling to give rustic look. Dust with icing sugar just before serving.

Preparation Time 30 minutes
Baking Time 40 minutes
Portions Serves 8
Skill Level Easy
Average Rating 4 stars
 

Bilberry & Plum Pie Ingredients

400 grams Plain Wholemeal Flour (Allinson) For The Pastry Plain Wholemeal Flour (Allinson)
200 grams Butter Chilled and diced for the pastry
3 tbsp Billington's Golden Icing Sugar For The Pastry
1 Medium Egg For The Pastry , lightly beaten
2 tbsp Water For The Pastry , Cold
500 grams Plums For the Filling , Halved cored And Cut Into chunky Wedges
200 grams Blueberries For the Filling
100 grams Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's) For the Filling Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's)
0.50 tbsp Cinnamon ground, for the filling
2 tbsp JUST MILK For the Filling
2 tbsp Golden Granulated Sugar (Billington's) For the Filling Golden Granulated Sugar (Billington's)
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How to make Bilberry & Plum Pie

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  1. Put the flour and butter into a processor and blend it until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the icing sugar, egg and cold water and blend again until the mixture forms a ball. Wrap and chill for 15 minutes. method tip
  2. Heat the oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6. Gently mix together the plums, bilberries, sugar and cinnamon in a bow. method tip
  3. Take a large sheet of baking parchment and roll out the chilled pastry on this using a floured rolling pin, to a 30cm (12 inch) circle. Lift the paper and pastry onto a baking sheet.
  4. Pile the prepared fruit into the centre of the pastry and fold the pastry edges up and over the fruit. Brush the pastry edges with milk and sprinkle the pastry with the Golden Granulated Sugar. Bake for 40 minutes until the pastry is golden and the fruit tender.
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Read all reviews (1) | Average rating: 4 stars

"this is the first pie i have made, and its good, the pastry was so easy to make its something i always shied away from."

15-08-2011 | Author: michathet12 | 4 stars

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