Gooseberry pie

Gooseberry pie

Ingredients:

Sweet pastry to line pie dishes. (Size?)

3 cups fresh gooseberries topped and tailed

1 cup elderflower berries

1 tsp ground ginger

1 cup caster sugar

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 pinch salt

1 cup sour cream

2 eggs, beaten

1 vanilla pod split and seeds removed

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 175 c.

2. In a bowl, gently stir together the gooseberries, elderflower, ginger and sugar.

3. Let stand for 15 minutes.

4. Line a pie dish with the sweet pastry.

5. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour and salt.

6. Mix in the sour cream, eggs and vanilla. Add the gooseberry and sugar mixture, and stir.

7. Spoon into the lined pie, and place a pastry lid on.

8. Crimp the edges to seal, and cut some decorative slits in the top to vent steam.

9. Bake for 55 minutes in the preheated oven.

10. Brush the pie with thinned maple syrup and sprinkle with caster sugar.

11. Garnish with spun sugar

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