Berry-pie

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 250 g flour
• 150 g butter
• 3 tablespoons icing sugar
• 1 egg (separated)
• 3 tablespoons cold water
• 750 g mixed berries (best use fresh ones, but frozen ones work well, too. just drain them properly)
• 150 g sugar (if berries are very sour, you might need more.)

Recipe

• 1 sift icing sugar into a bowl. add flour and stir in well. add butter, egg and 2 tbs of water. using the dough hooks of your mixer to knead this first on low level and then on highest level.
• 2 using your hands knead the dough on a floured working surface until it has become smooth. wrap in cling film and cool for 1 hour.
• 3 preheat your oven to 200°c wash the berries (or drain your thawed berries).
• 4 take 1/3 of the dough and form it into a long roll. place the roll in a pie dish and press it against the rim.
• 5 fill the berries into the pie dish and sprinkle them with sugar.
• 6 take the rest of the dough and roll it out until you have a round disk of the same diameter as your pie dish. use a cookie cutter to make a hole in the middel of the disk and then transferr the disk onto the berries. press against the sides.
• 7 mix egg yolk with 1 tbs of water and spread the pie crust with it.
• 8 bake for about 25 minutes. let cool for 10 minutes in the oven (turned off).
• 9 serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice-cream.