High Apple Pie
2 cups plain flour
½ cup Foster Clarks custard powder
½ cup icing sugar mixture
185g butter, chilled, chopped
2 egg yolks
1 tablespoon chilled water
2 tablespoons almond meal (ground almond)
½ cup caster sugar
5 large Granny Smith apples
¼ cup sultanas
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ cup pouring cream
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons white sugar
vanilla custard, or whipped cream (or both!!), to serve
Preheat oven to 200c. Turn base of a 6cm deep 20cm (base) springform
cake pan upside down and lock into place. Grease and line base with
baking paper.
Combine flour, custard powder, icing sugar and butter in a food
processor. Whizz until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add egg yolks and
chilled water. Process until dough comes together. Turn dough onto a
lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Trim 1/3 of the pastry
and set aside. Roll remaining pastry out between 2 sheets of baking
paper to a 32cm round. Use to line base and sides of pan. Trim excess
pastry and refrigerate for 10mins or until firm.
Combine almond meal and 1 tablespoon of caster sugar and sprinkle over
pastry base. Peel, core and thinly slice the apples. Place apples,
sultanas, remaining ¼ cup of caster sugar, cinnamon, and cream in a
large bowl and mix to coat. Press mixture into pastry case. Lightly
brush pastry edges with egg. Roll reserved pastry out to a 21cm round
and place over filling gently pressing over surface. Press edges to
seal. Brush top with egg, sprinkle with white sugar and [censored] the centre
of the pastry top once with a fork.
Bake for 20mins. Reduce oven to 180c and bake for a further 40mins or
until golden. Remove when done and stand pie in pan for 30mins. Serve
with custard, or cream.... or both :
A seriously delicious apple pie!!
--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia
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