Individual Bramble Pies

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Hix Oyster & Chop House

By Mark Hix

Published 2010

  • About

If you are a forager you’re unlikely to miss out on making the most of our autumn abundance of blackberries - or brambles. You can add other fruits, such as blueberries or elderberries if you wish, or stick to the traditional blackberry and apple combination. You can also use frozen blackberries.

Ingredients

For the pastry

  • 110 g butter, softened, plus extra to grease
  • 135 g caster sugar

Method

First make the pastry. In a food processor or electric mixer, or by hand, cream the butter and sugar together until smooth. Sift the flour, salt and baking powder together and stir into the creamed mixture until evenly combined. Now slowly incorporate the cream until well mixed.

Knead the dough lightly, then divide into 2 portions, one slightly bigger than the other. Shape each into a b