The Great Mulberry Adventure

I love trees in full fruit. So many different possibilities and enough fruit to do it all!!!! James has a mulberry tree which fruited last spring and off I went with a ladder and a torch (yes I chose to do this particular fruit picking at night because I'm practical) and ended up with a large cardboard box full of succulent berries. Not to mention purple fingertips and lips.

So. I did the only thing I could do.........

I made a pie!

To make the filling I first covered about a kilo of mulberries with 2 cups of sugar and left them sit for a few hours. This draws liquid out of the berries. The whole lot was thrown in a pot and boiled for about 10 minutes.

I used my regular pastry recipe