Fruit Hand Pies – Marcel’s Culinary Experience

Ingredients

• 2 ¼ cup flour
• 2 T. sugar
• ½ lb. unsalted butter (2 sticks), well-chilled, cut into small pieces
• ¼ - ½ c. ice water
• ½ tsp. salt
• 2 cups fruit (blueberries, peaches, nectarines, plums, a mix of several, cut into 1/4” pieces – do not chop berries)
• 2-3 T. sugar
• zest of 1 lemon, lime, or ½ orange
• juice of 1 lemon, lime or ½ orange
• pinch of salt
• 1 T. cornstarch
• pastry for crust
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• sugar