A Few of My Favourite Things !

We have had the most awesome family week in the lead up to the new year. We had a loose plan of the activity we would be doing each day and were blessed with perfect weather for every one of them. Last Wednesday, we took a drive up to Silvan’s U-Pick Berry Farm in the morning. It was cool and quiet when we caught the bus from the carpark to the orchard. Armed with a bucket each and a plastic container for the more delicate berries, we set off to the boysenberry patch. Avoiding the thorns, we picked carefully and ate recklessly – boysenberry-stained lips and tongues and fingers. Eventually, we moved onto the blueberries then the raspberries and finally the cherries. By the time we returned, 2 hours later, the carpark was full to the brim and there were queues of locals and tourists waiting patiently for the buses.

Back home now, I marinate 5 cups of boysenberries with 1/2 cup sugar, a squeeze of lemon, a pinch of nutmeg and 3 tbs pre-soaked sago for 1 hour. This mixture is scooped into a pie tin lined with shortcrust pastry then topped with a pastry lattice before being brushed with beaten egg. Bake at 200C for 30 minutes, then another 30 minutes with foil over the top to stop the pastry lattice from burning. Cool before eating so that the filling does not ooze out. We served it with ice cream as it was quite tart (more sugar next time).

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