Apple & Blackcurrant Pie

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour and salt rub in fat, mix in water.

2. 2

   Wrap and chill, rest for 30 mins.

3. 3

   Preheat oven to gas 6.

4. 4

   Simmer peel with cinnamon and cider covered for 20 mins. Uncover and cook gently to reduce for 10 mins.

5. 5

   Strain through sieve to extract all juices.

6. 6

   Discard peel stir melted butter into juices with blackcurrants.

7. 7

   Add drained apples and spoon into pie dish.

8. 8

   Roll out pastry and cut to shape of dish with trimmings put a strip of pastry around rim of dish with cold water.

9. 9

   Press edges together to seal, then trim and crimp edge.

10. 10

    Make a small whole in center of pie then brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar.

11. 11

    Bake in center of oven for 20mins then reduce to gas mark 4 and bake for a further 30-40mins.

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