These little parcels of joy will surprise and delight all who are lucky enough to try one! Meet our Pear & Raspberry Hand Pies, filled with fresh Pear and Raspberries from your local Fruit and Veg shop.
Preparation time : 40 minutes
Serves : 8
Ingredients :
- 1 ½ cups fresh raspberries, hulled and sliced
- 1 small pear, peeled and diced
- 2 tbsp white sugar
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 2 sheets frozen puff pastry, just thawed
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp icing sugar
Method :
- Add the raspberries, pear, sugar, and cornflour to a pot and stir.
- Cook contents of pot over a medium heat until the mixture is bubbly. Mash the fruit a little with a fork, then set aside to cool.
- Preheat oven to 180C and line a large tray with baking paper.
- Cut the just thawed puff pastry sheet into 8 squares. Next, add a dollop of the raspberry and pear filling in the middle of each square and brush the edges of each square with some water.
- Fold each square over to form a triangle and crimp the edges of the triangles slightly with a fork.
- Combine the egg and 2 tbsp of water with a fork, then brush the tops of the hand pies using a pastry brush.
- Transfer the hand pies to the lined tray and bake in the oven for 22-25 mins, or until they’re golden brown.
- Once done, remove tray from the oven and allow the hand pies to cool slightly before transferring them to a wire rack. Once the hand pies have cooled to room temperature, sift over the icing sugar, then serve!
