Blackberry & Apple Tarts

Blackberry & Apple Tarts

Do you enjoy foraging in the autumn for blackberries?

When I was a child we always had a family day out picking blackberries. It was always great fun, but it is not something I have been organised to do since I left home.

Ingredients:

225g blackberries (frozen or fresh)

40g caster sugar

1 tsp lemon juice

1 tsp orange rind

250g ready made puff pastry

2 tbsp demerara sugar

1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and sliced

Before heading into the oven

Method: 

1. Preheat oven to Gas Mark 5 or 190C.
2. Place the blackberries, caster sugar, lemon juice and orange rind into a pan and heat gently until the fruit is mushy. Allow to simmer until the mix is syrupy.
3. Roll out the pastry to <5mm thick and using a pastry cutter, cut out 12 rounds.
4. Place the pastry rounds into a greased bun baking tray.
5. Spoon about 1.5 tsp of the blackberry mix into each pastry case.
6. Place a piece of chopped apple on top of each tart and then sprinkle with demerara sugar.
7. Place in oven for 15-20 minutes until the edges are golden brown.

NB If you have some leftover pastry, blackberry syrup and apple chunks you can make a flat tart but just fold over the edges to make the crust thicker.