Assembling a fruit pie, from Jamie’s America

hi and welcome to jamieoliver.com I’m
one of the food team and today I’m going
to show you how to assemble an apple
berry pie this is the pastry the apple
pie I’m going to cut a third of it off
and put it to one side and this I’m
gonna dust with flour watch the rolling
pin the flare just to make sure it
doesn’t stick I’m gonna roll this out
slowly carefully turning down then roll
it out into a circle but half a
centimeter thick or about the thickness
of a pound coin no it’s about the right
size on my pie dish I’m gonna roll the
pastry up on the rolling pin place the
package here and then unroll it back
over the top very carefully
set the pastry into the dish press it in
place and let the excess hang over the
edge don’t worry about that we’ll come
back to that later this is the filling
for the Apple berry pie nice and cold
just spin it into the pastry do a little
press so it fills the pastry case evenly
there we go and the rest of the pastry
and a roll out just like the other piece
to a rough circle that’s gonna fit the
top of the pie dish I’m gonna brush the
pastry with a little egg wash it’s gonna
help the base of the pastry and the lid
of the pastry stick together and make a
lovely pie doesn’t need to be soaking
just needs to be wet for it to stick
there you go that’s fine I’m going to
unroll the top of the pie over the
bottom set them well together
never brush the top of the pie with some
beaten egg I’m going to sprinkle the
crumble mix over the top and the egg
wash is going to help it stick the
chronal mix is what’s left over from
making a pastry know a little Demerara
sugar the crumble mix and sugar gonna
make the top of this pie incredibly
crunching delicious no I will fold the
overhang on the pastry that’s hanging
over the edge of the pie dish back on
itself
twisting crimp
I’m going to brush the edges through the
egg wash with the tip of the knife just
make a little cross in the top of the
pie that’s like the steam come out help
it cook and look beautiful that comes
out of the oven this gets cooked at the
bottom of our preheated hot oven for 40
to 45 minutes till golden brown crispy
and cooked through