Get ready to make the most delicious homemade apple pie recipe! A classic Apple Pie with an irresistible homemade pie filling that doesn’t require pre-cooking apples. Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream or whipped cream for the perfect homemade dessert!
Apple Pie
Ingredients
Pastry:
Filling:
Method
Pastry:
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Add the flour, icing sugar, lemon and orange zest in a bowl of a stand mixer and whisk together.
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In a small jug mix the egg yolk and milk together.
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Add the cubed butter to the flour and bring to fine crumbs.
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Add the egg yolks with milk and mix just until the dough forms. (Add more milk if needed.)
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Form the dough into a disc, wrap in clingfilm and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Apple Pie Filling:
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Peel, core and thinly slice the apples.
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In a large bowl, mix the sliced apples, cinnamon and cloves together.
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Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Whisk in 3 tablespoons flour then add the water and sugar. Bring to boil, then simmer stirring continuously until thickened, about 3 minutes.
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Remove from heat, pour over the apples and stir to coat the apples.
Pie Assemble:
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Preheat oven to 200C/400F.
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Butter grease a 28cm/11-inch tart pan or pie dish or just slightly smaller in size will be good too.
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On a floured surface, roll out half of the pastry for the base and use the remaining pastry to cut out leaves for the top or you could make a lattice design with strips of pastry.
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Cover the base and sides of your tart pan with pastry and refrigerate for 30 minutes. (This will prevent the pastry from shrinking.)
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Once ready, fill with apple filling and cover the top with leaves or a lattice design. Brush the leaves with egg wash.
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Place the pie on the bottom shelf in the oven and bake for 15 minutes then turn down the oven to 190C/375F and continue baking until pastry turns golden brown in colour.
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Enjoy!
