Blueberry Apple Pie
Sunday 13th February 2011

Ingredients:
- 8 Granny Smith Apples
- 2 1/2 cups Blueberries (frozen or fresh)
- 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Salt
- 3 tablespoons Caster Sugar
- 250g Butter
- 1 Egg
- 1 teaspoon White Vinegar
- 5 tablespoons Water
- 1 Egg Yolk>
Method:
- Peel and cut apples into cube like pieces.
- Add 2 cm of water to a pot and add apple.
- Stew on stove over medium heat with lid on until the cubes start to lose their shape, keeping in mind they will be cooked even further later.
- Drain water from pot and add brown sugar, stir until dissolved and let sit.
- In a mixing bowl, combine flour, salt and sugar.
- Cut butter into cubes and rub into the flour mixture with fingertips until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- In a bowl combine egg, vinegar and 5 tablespoons of water. Whisk together.
- Gradually add egg mixture to flour mixture, stirring with a fork, only add enough until dough forms a ball.
- Wrap dough in glad wrap and store in refrigerator for 10 minutes.
- Roll out dough and place into tart/pie tin, poking the bottom with a fork to allow air underneath.
- Blind bake the pie but putting a layer of baking paper on top, weighing it down and place it into a 160 degree oven for 8 minutes. Remove baking paper and cook for a further 8 minutes.
- Add layer of apple to bottom of pastry, packing well, then place blueberries on top.
- Roll out remaining pastry and cut strips, placing each one on top in alternate directions allowing the pie to breathe.
- Combine the egg yolk and 3 tablespoons water and brush the top of the pie.
- Place pie into a 160 degree oven for 30 minutes or until top is brown.
- Congratulations, you have made a delicious pie.