Sugar Plum Pie

Ingredients

6 oz plain flour
¼ level teaspn. salt
3 oz butter
2 level tbspns. caster sugar
4 egg yolks
Milk
½ oz granulated sugar
2 (5 fl oz) carton natural yoghurt
½ level tspn. powdered cinnamon
1lb dessert plums
1 oz blanched almonds (optional)
1 ½ oz demerara sugar

1. Sieve the flour with the salt into a bowl. Rub in the butter until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in caster sugar, then bind together with 1 egg yolk and milk to form a stiff dough.
2. Roll out dough to line an 8 inch pie plate or flat tin.
3. Beat 3 remaining egg yolks with granulated sugar, yoghurt and cinnamon. Pour into pastry shell.
4. Cut plums in half. Remove stones, then arrange, cut side up, in youghurt custard.
5. Bake gas mark 6, 400°F, for 35-40 minutes.
6. Preheat grill. Place an almond in the centre of each plum and sprinkle top of pie with demerara sugar. Grill until golden brown.

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