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Apple pie
- Prep time:
- Cook time:
- 55 mins
- Serves:
- 6-8
For a comforting winter treat, try Matt Tebbut’s recipe for traditional home-baked apple pie
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Ingredients
For the pastry
- 460g plain flour
- 1 pinch Salt
- 460g unsalted butter
- 4 egg yolks
- 2 vanilla pods, split lengthways
- 230g icing sugar
- 1 Lemon, finely grated zest only
- Eggs, for brushing
For the filling
- 6 Cox Apples
- 100g Butter
- 100g Sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 4 Cloves
- 2 twists of black pepper
- 1 vanilla pod
To serve
- Cream
- icing sugar, to dust
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 190C/gas 5.2. For the filling: peel and core the apples, cutting into half and then half again and put into a bowl.
3. Mix into the apples 100g of butter, 100g of sugar the spices and vanilla pod halved. Set aside for the flavours to infuse.
4. For the pastry: mix the flour and salt together. Make a well in the centre and add the soft butter, egg yolks, vanilla seeds, the icing sugar and lemon zest. Bring together into a firm dough.
5. Roll out half of the pastry, fit into the base of pie dish and then chill for 15 minutes. Once removed from the fridge fill the pie base with the apple mixture. Roll out the other half of the pastry for the lid. Place on the top of the pie and press the edges together. Brush with a beaten egg.
6. Prick a couple of holes in the top and put into the oven for 35-55mins until bubbling and golden brown.
7. Dust with icing sugar and serve with cream.
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I think the butter quatity for the pastry is wrong - the result is far too greasy.
tried this recipe , found it contains to much butter
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