Fast Desserts Recipes - Plum Pie

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon corn flour

• 2 x 825 g cans whole dark plums

• 1 sheet ready-rolled latticed short crust pastry

• 1 egg white

• demerara sugar, to sprinkle

• icing sugar, to dust

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to moderate 220°C (425°F/Gas 7). Lightly grease a 23 cm pie dish.

2. Place the corn flour and 1 tablespoon cold water in a small bowl and stir well.

3. Strain the plums, reserving the juice. Pour the reserved juice into a saucepan and add the corn flour mixture. bring to the boil over medium heat, stirring continuously for 2 minute, or until the sauce thickens. Add the plums and stir until warmed through.

4. Place the plums and sauce in the pie dish and cover with latticed short crust pastry. Brush the pastry with egg white, sprinkle with sugar and bake for 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Dust with icing sugar and serve hot with ice cream or ready-made custard.