A classic dessert or tea time treat has to be a traditional apple pie. This traditional apple pie recipe is quick and easy and ensures a perfect result every time. Use cooking or Bramley apples for the best filling, eating apples don't soften the same way.
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
- Pastry
- 7 oz/200g all purpose/plain flour
- pinch of salt
- 1 stick/ 110g butter, cubed or an equal mix of butter and lard
- 2-3 tbsp cold water
- Filling
- 1 ½ lbs/700g cooking apples, peeled, cored and quartered
- ½ cup/ 100g sugar
- 4 - 6 tbsp cold water
- 1 level tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tbsps lemon juice
- ¼ stick/25g butter
- Milk to glaze
Preparation:
Method
Heat the oven to 425°F/220°C/gas 7.
- Place the flour, butter and salt into a large clean bowl.
- Rub the butter into the flour with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs, working as quickly as possible to prevent the dough becoming warm.
- Add the water to the mixture and using a cold knife stir until the dough binds together, add more cold water a teaspoon at a time if the mixture is too dry.
- Wrap the dough in Saran wrap/Clingfilm and chill for a minimum of 15 minutes, up to 30 minutes.
Heat the oven to 425°F/220°C/gas 7.
- Meanwhile simmer the apples with the water in a large pan until soft. Add the sugar and cinnamon to the cooked apples. Remove from the heat and add the butter and leave to cool.
- Roll out half the pastry and line a 7 inch/13cm pie dish. Put the cooled, cooked apple mixture to the pastry case.
- Roll out the remaining pastry to make a lid for the pie. Damp the edges of the pastry in the dish with a little cold water, cover with the lid and press the edges firmly together and crimp the edges to decorate.
- Brush the top of the pie with milk and bake at the top of a hot oven for 20 - 25 minutes.
- Serve hot or cold with cream, ice cream or custard sauce.
