Apple, blueberry and salted caramel ‘jar’ pies with hazelnut pastry

Makes 6 Desserts and puddings

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Method

Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/ Gas 5 and lightly butter the jam jars or ramekins.

To make the pastry, sift the flour and a pinch of salt into a bowl and stir in the hazelnuts. Work in the butter until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in the sugar. Work in the egg yolk and 1tbsp water to form a soft dough. Shape into a disc, wrap in cling film and chill the dough for 20 minutes. To make the filling, peel and core the apples and cut into 1cm pieces. Place in a saucepan with the salted butter caramel and 2tbsp water and heat gently until the caramel melts. Cover and cook for 5 minutes, stir in the blueberries and the vanilla essence and cook for a further 5-6 minutes until the blueberries start to soften. Remove from the heat.

Divide the filling among the jars and place on a baking tray. Divide the pastry into 6 equal pieces and roll each one out on a lightly floured surface a little larger the jars. Brush the rims of the jars with a little beaten egg. Top with a round of pastry and, using a small sharp knife, trim off and reserve the excess. Repeat to make 6 pies.

Re-roll the pastry trimmings, and, using cutters, stamp out leaves and apple shapes.

Brush the surface with beaten egg and top with the trimmings to make a pattern on each one. Brush the tops with more egg and bake for 25-30 minutes until the pastry is golden and the blueberry filling bubbling.

Cool for 5 minutes and serve topped with vanilla ice cream.