- Serves: 6 People
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cooking: 1 hour
- Calories: 0
- Difficulty: medium
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American Apple Pie best served with ice cream, custard or creme. Your family and guest will love it.
Ingredients
Directions
- Preheat oven to 200°c.
- Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl until just mixed. Break in a whole egg and a yolk. Beat together for 1min.
- Work in the flour with a wooden spoon, a third at a time, once it begins to form lumps gather it together with your hands. Gently work the dough into a ball, wrap in cling film, and chill for 45mins.
- Line your pie dish with a thin layer of cooled pastry, rolled on a flour surface. Part bake for 10mins or until a light golden colour.
- Whilst part baking, peel, core and cut apples into thick slices. Mix together the sugar, zest, cloves and flour.
- Place a third of the apple in your dish and sprinkle with half the sugar mix.
- Add half the remaining apples and sugar and then place last apples on top.
- Cut the butter into small cubes and dot over the apples.
- Roll the pastry out to an oblong on a floured surface 4cm larger than the dish.
- Cut out a 2cm strip.
- Dampen edges of pie dish with a little water then place the strip around the edge.
- Dampen the pastry edge and place the pastry lid on top. Press the edges firmly together and use a fork to flake the edges.
- Brush pastry with a little water and sprinkle with caster sugar.
- Bake for 15mins then reduce oven to 180°c and cook for 30mins more or until the pastry is golden.
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