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Blackberry Pies with ice cream
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Blackberry Pies

These can be made with any frozen berries, and using pre-bought shortcrust pastry or using my pastry recipe below

Course: Dessert
Keyword: blackberries, tarts, pies, sweet pastry, dessert
Servings: 12
Ingredients
  • 400 g frozen Blackberries
  • 1 Tablespoon cornflour
  • 50 g castor sugar
  • Shortcrust pastry (recipe below)
  • 1 egg (for brushing over the top of the tarts)
  • Sugar granules of your choice (I used maple sugar, but you can use any to sprinkle over the top)
Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 200ºC/400ºF .


  2. Spray small deep 12 capacity muffin tray with baking spray or grease with butter.

  3. Mix the cornflour and sugar with the frozen berries and place back in the freezer until ready to fill the pastry cases.

  4. Cut out 12 x rounds of sweet pastry (recipe below) or pre-bought, and line the muffin trays.

  5. Fill with the blackberry mixture .

  6. Cut 12 more rounds for lids to top the tarts - brush the edge of the base cups with egg and then top with the pastry lids.  Press around the edge with a fork to seal the tarts and cut a slit in the centre .

  7. Brush with egg, and top with a sprinkling of sugar .

  8. These can be baked immediately or frozen until needed.

  9. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown and the pastry is cooked through.

  10. Serve hot with ice cream.