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Apple and Mixed Berry Pie (with a Sour Cream Pastry)

  • RECIPE MAKES: 10-12 serves
  • PREP TIME: 10min
  • COOK TIME: 60min
Step 1

Pre-heat oven to 220°C.  Grease and line with baking paper, a 23cm pie dish. 

Step 2

Peel and core apple; slice thinly.  Place in a large saucepan with caster sugar; cook, covered, over low heat, 10min; or until apples are just tender. 

Step 3

Strain over a small saucepan; reserve cooking juice. Blend cornflour and water, stir into reserved cooking juice over low heat until mixture just boils and thickens. Place apples into a large bowl, gently stir in cornflour mixture, set aside.  Make pastry.  

Pastry

   

Step 1

Place FATE and icing sugar into a bowl, mix together with a spoon.  Using finger tips, rub in butter until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.  Rub together 2min. more; until mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. 

Step 2

Add sour cream.  Using a fork, blend cream into mixture until well combined and dough forms. Dust a clean workbench with a little extra FATE. 

Step 3

Place dough ball onto FATE and knead 2 min., until smooth. Roll ⅔ of the dough until large enough to line the base and sides of the prepared dish. Ease dough into dish; trim edge.  Assemble pie. 

Assemble Pie and Bake

   

Step 1

Stir frozen berries into apple mixture, spoon into pastry case. 

Step 2

Roll remaining ⅓ of the dough until large enough to cover pie, top pie with this pastry.  Press edges together and trim with a knife.  Prick 3 holes in the pastry to allow steam to escape. Brush pastry with a little iced water and demerara sugar. 

Step 3

Bake 15min., reduce oven temperature to 180°C, bake further 30min. 

Step 4

Remove from oven. Stand 10min., serve. 

Serving Suggestion:

Keeps well in the refrigerator covered, for 2-3 days.  

 

Top Tip:

If you are not a berry fan, try increasing the apple content – it works just as well!  

Some people prefer one type of berry rather than mixed – think pure strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, or blackberries.  

You don’t need to use granny smith apples, pink ladies, golden delicious and royal gala taste great too.

  • Filling
  • 7 medium granny smith apples (1kg)
  • 2 Tbsp caster sugar
  • 1 Tbsp cornflour
  • 2 Tbsp water
  • 250g frozen mixed berries
  • Pastry
  • 2 ½ cups (400g) FATE Low Protein All-Purpose Mix (+ extra for rolling)
  • ½ cup soft icing sugar
  • 125g unsalted cold butter, chopped 
  • 100g sour cream
  • 1 Tbsp each iced water and demerara sugar