Golden Plum and Banana Pie with Walnut Pastry

Name: Golden Plum and Banana Pie with Walnut Pastry
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: 5 fl oz (150 ml) carton of double cream; the yolks of 2 large eggs (size 1–2); a pinch of salt; 3 oz (75 g) soft light brown sugar; 2 bananas, peeled and sliced; 1 lb (450 g) golden dessert plums, stoned and sliced thinly; 3 oz (75 g) walnuts, chopped finely; 4½ oz (115 g) frozen butter; 6 oz (175 g) plain flour; 2 tablespoons (2 x 15 ml spoon) icing sugar; the whites of 2 large eggs (size 1–2); 2 tablespoons (2 x 15 ml spoon) cold water

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Sweet Dreams

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1985

About

The fruit in this pie tastes lovely and fresh and the juices mingle with the rich cream and brown sugar. The crisp and nutty pastry is an irresistible contrast.

Ingredients

For the pastry

6 oz (175 g) plain flour
2 tablespoons (2 x 15

Pie
Vegetarian

Method

To make the pastry, sift the flour, icing sugar and salt into a bowl and stir in the chopped walnuts. Hold the frozen butter in its wrapping and coarsely grate it into the flour mixture. Mix it lightly into the flour with a fork. In another bowl, lightly whisk the egg whites with the cold water and then add to the pastry mixture a little at a time, again mixing with a fork until it begins to st