Rustic Open Blackberry & Pear Tart

Makes 4

Ingredients:
Pastry
100g/4oz Spelt Flour
100g/4oz Plain Flour
125g/5oz Unsalted Butter, cut into small pieces
25g/ 1oz Caster sugar

4 Pears, chopped & stewed & cooled
100g/4oz Blackberries
1 tbsp Sugar
1 tbsp corn flour
1 Egg, beaten
1 tbsp Granulated sugar, to decorate

Recipe:
To make the pastry, put the flour into a bowl & rub in the butter until it resembles fine bread crumbs. Stir in the sugar; bring the pastry together by adding a little water (5-6 tbsp).  Roll out the pastry & cut 4x18cm/7” circles. Brush the pastry circles with egg.

Mix the poached pears with the blackberries, sugar & corn flour. Divide the mixture between the pastry circles. Turn in the edges of the pastry, it is meant to look a bit rustic. Glaze with egg wash & sprinkle with sugar. Put pies onto a baking tray.

Bake in a preheated oven at 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6 for 25-30 minutes.

These are great to wrap up & take on a picnic