Kitchen garden cook - Apples

'Sweet and crisp, apples are the epitome of autumn flavour'

- Melanie Johnson

Apple, rhubarb and blackberry pie with bay whipped cream

Ingredients

For the sweet shortcrust pastry

• 250g plain flour

• 125g unsalted butter, cold and diced

• 50g caster sugar

• 1 large egg, beaten

• 1-2tbspn ice water, as needed

For the filling

• 300g apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced

• 200g rhubarb, chopped into bite-size pieces (or replace with pears if the season is over)

• 150g blackberries

• 100g caster sugar

• 2tbspn corn flour

• 1tspn ground cinnamon

• 1/2 lemon, juice of

• 1 egg, beaten, to brush the pastry with

• 300ml double cream

• 4 bay leaves

Method