Apple Pie

Recipes

Apple Pie, Tried And Tasted

FOR THE PIE DOUGH

INGREDIENTS

250 gms butter cubes

1/2 tsp salt

500 gms flour

150 gms icing/ astor sugar

4-7 tbsp cold water

METHOD

Sift the flour with salt. Add butter and blend it with sugar. Pour water a tablespoon at a time and mix with a fork, till the dough comes togeather. Gather the dough into a ball. It can be refigerated until ready to use. Divide the pastry into two sections, one slightly large than the other. Roll out the two portions into circle about 1/8" thick.
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FOR THE FILLING

INGREDIENTS

5 to 6 cups apples, peeled and thinly sliced

2 tsp sugar (adjust according to the sweetness of the apples)

100 gms raisins

1 tsp cinnamon

20 ml cream

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 180degree centegrate. Lay the large sheet of pastry in a 9" pie pan and press it in gently. Mix togeather the sugar, raisins cream and sinnamom. Pour over sliced apple in a bowl and mix. Fill the pan with the apples and pat with a spoon. Moisten the rim of the pan with water Place the top layer of edges and flute all around. Take a fork and prick the pie top in several places to create vents for steam to escape. Bake for 3
minutes, until pastry is golden and the filling is bubbling through the vents. Cool Before serving with ice cream, cream or custard.

Note:

If you think an apple pir just has to have nutmeg, replace the cinnamon with nutmeg.
To flute the edge of your pie, place two finger from your other hand in this space and push. This makes the dough in between your fingers push up and create a fluted sffect. Repeat all around. You can add a bit of lemon juice to the filling of the apples are very sweet.
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