For 4 people you need:

 Pastry

12 oz. flour
pinch salt
3 ozs margarine
3 ozs lard
approx. 3 tablespoons water

  Filling:

4 good sized cooking apples
2-3 oz. chopped dates
2-3 oz. seedless raisins
1 oz. brown sugar

 To decorate:

glace icing made with -
6 oz. sieved icing sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons water
4 glace cherries
 

1. Sieve flour and salt, rub in fat. and bind with water, roll out on lightly floured board.
2. Cut into 4 large triangles or squares.
3. Peel and core apples, put on pastry, and fill centres with dried fruit and sugar.
4. Damp edges of pastry and seal them together; lift on to the baking tin.
5. Cook until crisp and golden brown.
6. Cool, then blend icing sugar and water together, beating well.
7. Pour over top of fruit and top with a cherry, then allow to set.

 Oven temperature moderately hot. 400-425°F. -Gas Mark 5-6
 Oven position: centre

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