Today, I noticed blackberries ready on the bushes along the sides of the roads, so I remembered there was some wild canes creeping into mt backyard from my neighbours, so I went to investigate. I ended up getting this many, about 2 cups.
Then I walked passed the nashi tree so decided to grab a dozen or so.
I took them inside and prepared them for stewing with a small amount of water.
I placed the blackberries into the bottom of a pie dish.
When the stewed nashi had finished I strained them and placed them in the pie dish on top on the blackberries. I put it aside to cool.
I took 2 sheets of bought puff pastry and shaped it into a lattice for the pie top. I put it on after the nashi were cool.
Then I baked it in a hot oven for about 30 mins or until the pastry looked golden.
My Dear Husband will be having this for dessert tonight and for the next 3 nights. The total cost of this pie for me was $1.40 for the 2 sheets of pastry. Doing the maths, that makes it 35 cents per serve. If you go foraging for blackberries on the roadside, make sure they haven't been sprayed. Where I live it is illegal to spray in fruiting season.
Lesson 10: Look around you and see what is available for little or no cost and make the best of it.
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