Plum and apple pie
850g can Black Doris plums
567g can apple slices
3 sheets sweet short-crust pastry
1 tablespoon sugar cubes
1 tablespoon milk
Drain plums and reserve juice for Plum Ripple Ice-Cream. Remove stones and chop flesh roughly. Mix with apple. Line a deep 23cm pie dish with two pastry sheets, cutting to fit. Place plum mixture over pastry base. Cover with remaining pastry sheet, pressing edges together to seal. Crush sugar cubes roughly with a rolling pin. Brush top of pie with milk and sprinkle sugar on top. Make several slashes in pastry top. Bake at 180 degrees C for 35 to 40 minutes. Serve with Plum Ripple Ice-Cream.
Serves 6
Plum Ripple Ice-Cream
1½ cups reserved plum juice from Plum and Apple Pie
2 tablespoons custard powder
½ cup plum jam
2 litres vanilla ice-cream
Place plum juice, custard powder and jam in a small saucepan. Heat together, stirring constantly until thick. Cool. Soften ice-cream. Swirl through plum mixture. Refreeze ice-cream for one hour.
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