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Apple, Blackberry & Pear Crumble Pie Printer Friendly Copy
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Serves 8 Prep  20 mins Cooking 40 mins Easy  
  + 30 mins chilling   My rating rating5

Ingredients

For the pastry
250g plain flour
125g butter
1 egg
1 egg for egg wash
or use bought pastry
 
For the filling
3 apples, peeled & into small chunks
3 pears peeled & cut into slices
300g blackberries
1 tsp ground cinnamon
25g caster sugar
For the topping
100g plain flour
50g butter
50g caster sugar

To serve
300ml double cream


If the apples are very hard, cut very small and cook in butter for a few minutes.
  1. If using bought pastry, ignore the following:  Mix the plain flour, butter and egg together to form the pastry. Wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes.

  2. Pre-heat the oven to 200C/ 180C Fan/ Gas 6.

  3. Take the pastry out of the fridge and roll out to a large circle. Place all the fruit in a large bowl, mix in the sugar and cinnamon then place on top of the pastry leaving a 5 cm edge. Egg wash the edges of the pastry and tuck in to form a crimped edge, then egg wash again.

  4. Mix the flour, butter and sugar together to make the crumble. Sprinkle over the fruit. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, slice and serve with cream.

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