Spiced apple & blackberry hand pies

Bring autumn into your kitchen with these delicious apple and blackberry pies. Sprinkle with sugar and serve with custard for the ultimate comfort food

  • Prep:30 mins
    Cook:30 mins
    plus chilling
  • Serves 6
  • Easy

Nutrition per serving

  • kcal 692
  • fat 34g
  • saturates 13g
  • carbs 85g
  • sugars 43g
  • fibre 6g
  • protein 8g
  • salt 0.6g

Ingredients

  • 2 cooking apples, peeled, cored and cut into small pieces
  • 50g golden caster sugar
  • 150g blackberries
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 x 320g shortcrust pastry sheets
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 tbsp white caster sugar
  • custard, to serve (optional)

Method

  1. Put the apples and golden caster sugar in a saucepan with 2 tbsp water and cook, covered, for 6 mins or until the apples are soft, stirring once or twice. Tip the mixture into a shallow dish and spread out to cool slightly, then tip in the blackberries and stir. In a separate bowl, mix the cornflour with the honey and cinnamon, then stir it into the fruit mixture.

  2. Unroll the pastry sheets and, using a 10cm round cutter, cut out 12 circles. Spoon the fruit filling onto half of the pastry circles, leaving a border of about 1cm around the edge. Brush the beaten egg around the edges and place a plain pastry disc on top to encase the filling, then make a little dent in the top and bottom to form an apple shape. Seal the edges all the way around using the prongs of a fork, then brush with egg. Use the pastry off-cuts to cut out little leaf shapes and stalks, then stick them on with beaten egg. Poke a steam hole in the top with a skewer. Repeat with the remaining pastry and filling. Arrange the pies on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment and chill for at least 30 mins, or up to 24 hrs. Can be frozen unbaked for up to 2 months.

  3. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Bake the pies for 20 mins, or until the pastry is golden and the filling is bubbling through the hole. If cooking from frozen, bake for an extra 5 mins. Sprinkle with the sugar, then leave to cool for at least 20 mins before serving with custard.

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