Fruit Pie

Ingredients:

• 300g plain flour
• 150g unsalted butter, slightly softened
• 75g caster sugar
• 1 large egg yolk
• 2 tins of apple filling (you could use any flavour, hence why it is ‘fruit pie’ my favourite is cherry! Yummmm)
• Milk, for glazing

Pre-heat the oven on 200c

Method:

1. Line a 9″ pie tin with a generous amount of butter and sprinkle with flour.
2. Put the butter and flour into a large bowl and mix until it has the texture of breadcrumbs.
3. Add the sugar and egg yolk. Mix well until it forms a dough.
4. Wrap the dough in clingfilm and place in the fridge for 10-30 minutes.
5. Once the dough has firmed up from being in the fridge, half it and roll it out so that it is big enough to cover the pie tin.
6. Place it into the pie tin and pour in the pie filling.
7. Roll out the other half of the dough until it fits the pie tin. This will be the pie lid.
8. Brush the pastry around the edge with milk and place the pie lid on top.
9. Trim the edges of the pie and press them down with a fork.
10. Brush the milk all over the top of the pie, add any decoration and brush that with milk as well.
11. Sprinkle the pie with sugar and place in the oven for 30-35 minutes, until golden brown.
12. Serve with ice cream or custard!