Sunday 31 August 2014

Traditional Apple Pie

Traditional Apple Pie

   Recipe Information:

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes

   Ingredients:

500g All butter shortcrust pastry thawed
 1 kg cooking apples, peeled, cored and thickly sliced
1 tbsp flour
2 tsp ground cinnamon
100g caster sugar (Plus a little extra sugar for dredging)

  Method:

Preheat oven to 200ºC (180ºC fan assisted)/400ºF/Gas 6.

1. Divide the pastry in half and roll out one to line a 20 cm/8” shallow pie plate. Put to chill whilst you prepare the apples.

2. Peel, core and thickly slice the apples, toss with the flour, sugar and cinnamon. Pile into the pastry base.

3. Roll out remaining pastry and use to top the pie, using trimmings for decoration as desired. Brush with water and dredge lightly with remaining sugar, bake for 20-25 mins until pastry is golden brown.

4. Serve warm with cream, ice cream or warm custard (Yummers I love warm custard!)






                                               Enjoy!