Blueberry Pie (V)

Pastry week on the Great British Bake Off. So lets make a pie. This is one I have wanted to try and bake for a while. Hope you enjoy it


Makes 1 Pie

500g Shortcrust Pastry (Or Make your Own)
450g Blueberries (Frozen or Fresh)
Lemon Juice
Stick of Cinnamon
25g Cornflour
125g Caster Sugar
1 Egg
1- 3 tsp Granulated Sugar

1. Preheat the oven to 200c/180c Fan Assisted. Split the dough. Use 2/3 of the dough and roll to cover a flan tin (25cm). Save the other third.

2. In a small/medium, pour enough lemon juice to cover the bottom of the pan. Then tip in the blueberries, cinnamon stick and caster sugar and stir. Heat over a low heat for ten minutes. There should be fluid. Add the cornflour and give another mix. Keep on heat for 5 minutes. The blueberry mixture should harden. Make sure you occasionally stir so the mixture doesn't burn. Take off heat and allow to cool.

3. While cooling make the strips for the top of the pastry. Roll out the dough so it could just cover the length of the tin. Then cut 6 strips of 3cm width.

4. Pour blueberry mixture into the covered tin. Then layer over the pastry strips. Egg wash and sprinkle granulated sugar over the pastry.

5. Put in the oven for 18-20 minutes. The pastry should be golden brown. Leave to cool for a minute before taking out of the tin. Serve with thick cream.