Simple Blackberry and Apple Pie

Ingredients

• 6 ounces shortcrust pastry, ready made
• 6 large cooking apples
• 1 1/2 cups blackberries
• 4 ounces sugar
• milk, to glaze
• water

Directions

1. 1

   Peel apples, and cut into thick slices. place in saucepan, adding enough water to cover and add the sugar.

2. 2

   Simmer for a few minutes until the apples are just cooked but still a bit firm in the centre. drain and set to one side to cool.

3. 3

   heat the oven to 220c.

4. 4

   Roll out the pastry. place nearly all of the applies in a pie dish. scattering the blackberries evenly over the top sprinkle a dessert spoon of sugar over the berries , then place a layer of apple over that -- this is to stop the stain of the berries going through the pastry.

5. 5

   Add the pastry and brush with a small amount of milk and drizzle a teaspoon or so of sugar over.

6. 6

   Bake for about 30-35 minutes, until pastry is a light golden color.

7. 7

   Note:.

8. 8

   I make this pie with minimum pastry and replace the sugar with Splenda for my cousin who is diabetic.

9. 9

   Serve hot or cold with either, light cream or Ice Cream.