I've never been a baker. It's all meats & veg & pasta & puds that I can do, but when it comes to baking, I've always been useless. So why is it that I suddenly got it into my head to try & bake an apple & blackberry pie today???
I've just had a nightmare of pastry with flour everywhere. Then I managed to manhandle the top crust into place, only to remember I hadn't added the sugar to the pie & had to take it off again, at which point it fell apart & had to be re-kneeded, re-rolled & re-manhandled on top again.
I've just stuck it in the oven now & it should be readdy some time in the next 45 minutes, so I'll let you know how much of a disaster it's been when I taste it. You never know - it might taste alright, even if it looks terrible.
I'll get there eventually...