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
- Sift flour and salt in to a large bowl.
- Add grated copha and begin to cut with two knives until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Make a small well in the middle and add iced water a little at a time.
- Using your hands begin to form a dough. It will feel like it will never come together but hang in there it will happen!
- 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.
- Cut apples in half then cut each half into 4-5 slices.
- Place apple slices in a medium bowl and cover with sugar, cinnamon and a pinch of salt. Stir to combine then leave.
- Preheat oven to 220C and spray a 23cm pie dish with cooking spray.
- Remove pastry from fridge, place between two pieces of plastic wrap and begin rolling out your base.
- Once pastry is rolled to the correct size of your pie dish, remove plastic and place in dish, pressing down to fit snuggly.
- Add apple mixture then place cubed butter around the tops of the apple.
- Roll out your second pastry disc quite thin.
- 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.
- Pinch the outside of pastry to make a pattern, brush with eggwash and pop in the oven for 40 minutes.
- Remove once browned, leave to cool for at least ten minutes before serving.
