Pies and Tarts Dessert Recipes - Damson Rum Pie Recipe

Ingredients

• For the pastry (paste):

• 100 g/4 oz/1 cup whole meal flour

• 100 g/4 oz/1cup self-raising (self-rising) flour

• 100 g/4 oz/1/2 cup butter, diced

• 30 ml/2 tbsp dark brown sugar

• 1 egg, beaten

• Cold water, to mix

For the filling

• 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter

• 30 ml/2 tbsp rum

• 100 g/4 oz/2/3 cup large stoned (pitted) (not seedless) raisins, chopped

• 350 g/12 oz damsons, halved and stoned

• 50 g/2 oz/1/4 cup dark brown sugar

• 15 ml/1 tbsp milk

• Caster (superfine) sugar, for sprinkling

• Classic Custard Sauce, to serve

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Method:

1. To make the pastry, mix the flours in a bowl. Add the butter and rub in with the fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

2. Stir in the 30 ml/2 tbsp sugar and mix with the egg and enough cold water to form a soft but not sticky dough.

3. Knead gently on a lightly floured surface, then cut in half. Roll out one half and use to line a pie plate.

4. To make the filling, mix together the ingredients except the milk and pile on to the pastry-lined plate. Brush the pastry edge with water.

5. Roll out the remaining pastry, lay over the filled pie and press the edges well together to seal. Trim, then knock up the edge and flute with the back of a knife.

6. Decorate with the pastry trimmings, then brush with the milk and sprinkle with caster sugar.

7. Place the pie on a baking (cookie) sheet and bake in a preheated oven at 200C/400F/gas mark 6 for 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 180C/350F/gas mark 4 for a further 20 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through. Serve warm with Classic Custard Sauce.