Clewed Up

Iknow we are still in summer and the weather is not really conducive to camp oven cooking and fire bans being in place all around the state means no fires, heat beads or charcoal can be used during these times. But if any of you have a Weber-like BBQ, a caravan oven or your oven at home then you can perfect this recipe for the next time you can ark up the camp oven. The dish I use for this pie is a 23cm round deep enamel plate from a camping store. Tin pie plates are available to purchase at homeware stores or disposable aluminium foil pie plates can be purchased from most supermarkets.

Ap le cin

amon pie

Apple cinnamon pie

Apple mixture:

1 800gm can of pie apple, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon 2 tablespoons of sugar

Pastry:

1 cup of self raising flour 1 cup of plain flour 4 tablespoons of sugar 1 tablespoon of custard powder 2 heaped tablespoons of milk powder, optional 2 heaped tablespoons of butter or margarine 1 egg ¼ cup of milk

Combine flours, sugar, custard powder and milk powder in a bowl, add butter and rub in with your fingers until all absorbed. Make a well in the middle of the flour mix, beat egg and milk together and pour into the well. Cut ingredients together with a butter knife and mix until all combined. Turn out onto a floured surface and gently knead a couple of times. Cut dough in half, roll out one half to line a 20-24cm pie dish. Line the pie dish with baking paper, lay in pastry and fill with apple mixture. Place second sheet of pastry over the top, trim edges and press together with a fork. Brush pastry top with milk or beaten egg and pierce a couple of holes in the middle. Place pie into a moderate camp oven on a low trivet with coals scraped to the edges of the lid. Cook for about 20 minutes, then check on its progress, scrape coals to the centre and cook for further 5-10 minutes or until golden brown. If cooking in a Weber or similar hooded BBQ, pre-heat to about 180°C, place a couple of layers of foil underneath the pie plate and cook for about 25-30 minutes. The top may not brown up as well in a camp oven as all the heat comes from underneath and be sure to check that the bottom of your pie does not burn. Serve with custard, cream or ice cream. Enjoy.

Tip. Other fruit combinations can be substituted eg. apricot, apple and blueberry, apple and custard. Tip. Pie can be cooked in a home oven at 180°C. Tip. Ingredients can be divided into four portions and made into individual pies. Tip. Any left over pastry can be rolled out flat and cut into shapes to make a lovely sweet biscuit to have with coffee.

CLEWED UP

with JO CLEWS