The FiFi Report 375

Individual blueberry almond pies …adulterated from Taste.com.au

Sometimes it’s nice to serve cute, little individual desserts. Now that blueberries are in season you can throw these little numbers together in two seconds flat.  You can make the pastry ( it’s easy and quicker than working out what to wear) but if not then grab some frozen puff and voila!
You need for 4 fashionistas, 25 models or 2 blokes:

1 1/2 cups (225g) plain flour
2 tabs icing sugar
125g butter, chilled, cubed
2 x 150g punnets blueberries
1 lemon, rind finely grated
1 tabs fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup (40g) almond meal or whizzed up almonds
1 tabs cornflour
1 egg, beaten
1 tabs demerara sugar
Ice cream, to serve

  • Find your Gucci caftan;
  • Pull on your new Hermes Jesus sandals
  • Pour a French Champagne. Why? Why Not?
  • Drink up !
  • If making the pastry the throw the flour, icing sugar and butter in a whizzer until it looks like fine crumbs or a Bobbi Brown buffing grains /face scrub
  • Throw in 2-3 tabs of iced water and whizz until the mix comes together and sticks together like the sole of Balenciaga sandal.
  • Cover and rest in the fridge for 20 minutes. That’s the pastry not you.
  • Preheat oven to 220°C.
  • Now is a good time to whiz up the almonds so they are finely ground.
  • Line two baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
  • Toss the blueberries, lemon rind and juice in a chic bowl.
  • After reading latest US Vogue for 20 mins you can get out the pastry and divide it into four equal blobs.
  • Roll each pastry out to about 15cm circle.
  • Carefully pop onto the baking tray.
  • Sprinkle a tablespoon of the ground almonds over the centre of the circle ( leaving about 8cm border so you can fold it up)
  • Sprinkle about 1 teasp of cornflour over the almond meal.
  • Toss about a quarter of the blueberry mix on top of the cornflour.
  • Fold up the edges of the pastry to partially cover the blueberries. You should have a little peeking through like a good cleavage.
  • Repetez with the other 3 pastry blobs.
  • Brush with egg and sprinkle with any sugar.
  • Bake until as golden as a Choe bag
  • Serve warm with lashing of cream.
  • YUM!