Karen Burns-Booth

Bilberry Plate Pie

England

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    8

    slices
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Lavender & Lovage: A Culinary Notebook of Memories & Recipes From Home & Abroad
Lavender & Lovage

By Karen Burns-Booth

Published 2019

  • About

Bilberry Plate Pie made with fresh Yorkshire bilberries, which are encased in golden, buttery shortcrust pastry. This pie was (and still is) a childhood favourite and is delectable when served warm with clotted cream.

Ingredients

  • 500 g shortcrust pastry (readymade or homemade)
  • 500 g

Method

  1. Pre-heat oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas mark 5 and butter an enamel pie plate, or an ovenproof plate, with a little butter.
  2. Combine the bilberries with the caster sugar, leaving a little sugar back to dust over the finished pie, and allow to