Name: Easy plum and bilberry pie recipe
Yield: Serves: 8
Ingredients: 400g (14oz) wholemeal plain flour; 200g (7oz) chilled butter, diced; 3tbsp unrefined icing sugar; 1 medium egg, lightly beaten; 2tbsp cold water

By Jessica Dady

published 18 August 2009

in Recipes

As the name suggests, this is a brilliantly simple pie to make, and tastes fantastic as well!

Ingredients

For the pastry

400g (14oz) wholemeal plain flour
200g (7oz) chilled butter, diced
3tbsp unrefined icing sugar
1 medium egg, lightly beaten
2tbsp cold water

For the filling

500g (1lb 2oz) plums, halved cored and cut into chunky wedges
200g (7oz) bilberries or blueberries
100g (3 1/2oz) golden caster sugar
1/2tsp ground cinnamon
2tbsp milk
2tbsp golden granulated sugar

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Method

Put the flour and butter into a processor and blend it until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the icing sugar, egg and cold water and blend again until the mixture forms a ball. Wrap and chill for 15 mins.
Heat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6. Gently mix together the plums, bilberries, sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
Take a large sheet of baking parchment and roll out the chilled pastry on this using a floured rolling pin, to a 30cm (12 in) circle. Lift the paper and pastry onto a baking sheet.
Pile the prepared fruit into the centre of the pastry and fold the pastry edges up and over the fruit. Brush the pastry edges with milk and sprinkle the pastry with the golden granulated sugar. Bake for 40 mins until the pastry is golden and the fruit tender.

Top Tip for making Easy plum and bilberry pie

Making pastry in the processor makes it easy and the results are good.

Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 12 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies.