Blackberry & Apple Pie
27 Aug 2010 1 Comment
in Cooking and Eating, In the garden, Ty Guen
I love cooking but l have never really tried my hand at making Shortcrust Pastry before. I found an excellent recipe by Jamie Oliver in his book Jamie at Home and so, with a deep breath and cold hands, l went for it.
A mini Harvest Festival
The above picture shows some of the produce l am getting from the garden right now. It’s great to harvest crops at this time of the year after all our hard efforts. The onions are drying off in the greenhouse as are the shallots but my garlic has failed again so l give up on that now. The white rot gets to it before l can.
Blackberry & Apple Pie
So, with the blackberries picked from the nearby hedgerow, apples from the garden and Shortcrust Pastry made by my own fair hands, it was all down to the taste test. Jamie seldom lets you down and he didn’t this time either. If anything l had a put a tad too much ginger in the pie but is there really such a thing as having too much ginger? Next? Blackberry & Apple Cobbler…a sure Autumn favourite especially with lashings of cream or custard.
This week we are celebrating the present Mrs Hunt’s BIG birthday. We are having a shindig here tomorrow so pics to follow.
Aug 27, 2010 @ 15:44:24
Dear Trevor, Your pie looks very professional and, I am sure, was absolutely delicious. Shortcrust pastry is way out of my league and so I am very impressed.
How wonderful to have such a bounty of home-grown produce. As you say, it really makes the effort which has gone into them so worthwhile and, of course, the taste is without comparison.
Congratulations to Mrs H on her birthday. I hope that the party is a great success.