Pies and Tarts Dessert Recipes - Cranapple Pie Recipe

Ingredients

• 225g/1 cup whole meal flour

• 150g/2/3 cup hard block margarine, diced

• 25g/2 tbsp caster sugar

• 30ml/2 tbsp finely chopped almonds

• cold water, to mix

• 225g/8 oz cranberries

• 30ml/2 tbsp apple juice

• 4 large cooking apples, peeled and sliced

• granulated sugar, to taste

• a little singe (light) cream or milk, to glaze

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Method:

1. Put the flour in a bowl and rub in almost all of the margarine until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

2. Stir in the caste sugar and almonds and mix with enough cold water to form a soft but not sticky dough. Wrap in Clingfilm (plastic warp) and chill for 30 minutes.

3. Meanwhile, put the cranberries, apple juice and apple slices in a saucepan and heat gently until the cranberries begin to pop. Sweeten to taste with granulated sugar.

4. Roll out about three-quarters of the pastry on  a lightly floured surface and use to line a 20cm.8 in flan tin , lightly greased with the reserved margarine.

5. Roll out the remaining pastry and put into an 18 cm/7 in round, turn the cooled fruit into the pie and lay the pastry round in the centre of the tops, so there is an edge of fruit visible all round. Brush with a little cream or milk to glaze.

6. Bake in a preheated oven at 200C/400F/gar mark 6 for about 35 minutes until golden brown and cooked through. Serve warm.