Pies And Tarts Recipes - Apple And Cranberry Lattice Pie

Ingredients

• grated rind of 1 orange

• 45ml/3 tbsp orange juice

• 2 large cooking apples

• 170g/1 1/3 cups cram berries

• 70g/1/2 cup raisins

• 25g/4 tbsp walnuts, chopped

• 215g/generous 1 cup caster sugar

• 115g/1/2 cup dark brown sugar

• 15g/2 tbsp plain flour

FOR THE CRUST

• 285g/2 1/2 cups plain flour

• 2.5ml/1/2 tsp salt

• 85g/6 tbsp cold butter, cut into pieces

• 85g/1/2 cup cold vegetable fat or lard, cut into pieces

• 65-125ml/2-4fl oz iced water

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Method:

1. For the crust, sift the flour and salt, add the butter and fat and rub in well. Stir in just enough water to bind the dough. Form into two equal balls, wrap and chill for a t least 20 minutes.

2. Put the orange rind and juice into a bowl. Peel and core the apples and grate into the bowl. Stir tin the cram berries, raisins, walnuts, all except 1 tbsp of the caster sugar, the brown sugar and flour. Place a baking sheet in the oven and Preheat the oven to 200C/400F.

3. Roll out one ball of dough about 3mm/1/8in thick. Transfer to a 23cm/9in pie plate and trim. Spoon the cranberry and apple mixture into the shell.

4. Roll out the remaining dough to a circle about 28cm/11in in diameter. With a serrated pastry wheel, cut the dough into 10 strips, 2cm/3/4in wide. Place five strips horizontally across the top of the tart a t 2.5cm/1in intervals. Weave in five vertical strips and trim. Sprinkle the top with sugar.

5. Bake for 20 minutes. Reduce heat to 180C/350F and bake until the crust is golden and the filling is bubbling, about 15 minutes.