Sticky Lemon Berry Pie

My mum isn't much of a baker, but her speciality has always been sticky lemon slice and its been my favourite nostalgia laced treat ever since. 

Its the inspiration behind this sticky sweet yet zesty pie topping, it goes down a treat paired with berries and apples. 

We had ours with steaming hot mulled wine on a cold winters eve.. don't get carried away by this or you may forget about he pie in the oven. Like me. 

Eh, no biggie. 

Recipe:

Filling. 

3 red apples

1 cup mixed berries

2 tbsp maple syrup 

1/2 tsp dried ginger 

1 cm chopped fresh ginger 

1/4 tsp mixed spice

1 vanilla pod

1 pear 

splash of Marsala 

Topping.

2 eggs

1/2 cup caster sugar

juice and zest of two lemons

1/4 cup spelt flour

Preheat oven to 150 degrees. 

Chop apples and pears and throw into a saucepan with all of the filling ingredients and a splash of water. Simmer with a lid until everything has softened and starting to look jam-ish. 

Remove from the heat. 

For the topping beat eggs and sugar until thick and pale. Gently stir in the lemons and spelt until just combined. 

Place berrie mix in the bottom of a pie dish and drizzle over topping batter. Place in the oven until the top is just cooked and spongey to touch (about 15 minutes). 

Serve with some good quality vanilla ice cream. 

x

Abbey