Apple pie

Everyone loves apple pie and making your own not only fills the house with the wonderful aroma of apples and cinnamon but gives you the chance to take advantage of cook's perks by having the first slice! Serve this old favourite with ice cream or cream.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups plain flour

  • ½ tsp salt

  • ⅔ cup Kremelta (vegetable shortening)

    grated

  • 5 tbsp iced water

  • 1kg granny smith apples

    peeled and cored

  • ½ cup sugar

  • ½ tsp cinnamon

  • 1 Pinch salt

  • 50g butter

    small cube, chilled

  • 1 egg

    lightly beaten

Allergy Advice

Contains Dairy

Contains Eggs

Contains Gluten

Equipment

  • 1 large bowl
  • 1 knives
  • 1 plastic wrap
  • 1 medium bowl
  • 1 pie dish (23cm)
  • 1 cooking spray
  • 1 rolling pin

Instructions

  1. Sift flour and salt in to a large bowl.
  2. Add grated copha and begin to cut with two knives until it resembles breadcrumbs.
  3. Make a small well in the middle and add iced water a little at a time.
  4. Using your hands begin to form a dough. It will feel like it will never come together but hang in there it will happen!
  5. Once you have a ball, break in half and shape into two discs, cover with plastic wrap and pop in the fridge for 1 hour.
  6. Cut apples in half then cut each half into 4-5 slices.
  7. Place apple slices in a medium bowl and cover with sugar, cinnamon and a pinch of salt. Stir to combine then leave.
  8. Preheat oven to 220C and spray a 23cm pie dish with cooking spray.
  9. Remove pastry from fridge, place between two pieces of plastic wrap and begin rolling out your base.
  10. Once pastry is rolled to the correct size of your pie dish, remove plastic and place in dish, pressing down to fit snuggly.
  11. Add apple mixture then place cubed butter around the tops of the apple.
  12. Roll out your second pastry disc quite thin.
  13. Brush the edge of the pastry in the pie dish with eggwash (an egg mixed with a dash of milk) then place the pastry lid on top of apples and press the two pieces of pastry into each other.
  14. Pinch the outside of pastry to make a pattern, brush with eggwash and pop in the oven for 40 minutes.
  15. Remove once browned, leave to cool for at least ten minutes before serving.

Notes

Tip
The filling is very sweet and delicious, therefore you do not need any sugar in the pastry crust.
Variation
If you are not confident about making your own pastry, you can buy ready-made short crust pastry and just make the apple filling.

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