recipe of apple pie/crumble anyone?
Re: Apple pie...
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Re: Apple pie...
For Apple Pie:
700g/1 ½lb Bramley apples, peeled and cut into slices
1 lemon, juice only
75g-100g/3oz-4oz soft brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp plain white flour, plus extra for dusting
25g/1oz butter, diced
175g/9oz prepared shortcrust pastry
1-2 tsp caster sugar (for decoration)
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
2. Put the apple in a bowl of water with the lemon juice - this will stop the apples from turning brown.
3. Mix together the brown sugar, cinnamon and flour in a bowl.
4. In your pie dish, layer a third of the apples and sprinkle over half of the sugar mixture.
5. Layer half of the remaining apples, the rest of the sugar mixture and finish with the rest of the apples.
6. Dot the butter over the apples.
7. Sprinkle a little flour onto your rolling pin and the work surface. Roll out three quarters of the pastry until it is just larger than the pie dish.
Dampen the edge of your pie dish with water, then lift the pastry over the apples with the rolling pin and press the edges firmly down.
8. Trim off any excess pastry. With the remaining pastry, decorate the top of the pie using a small fancy pastry cutter.
9. Brush the pastry with a little water and sprinkle with the caster sugar.
10. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
Ingredients
For the apple crumble
150g/5½oz unsalted butter
½ tsp ground ginger
1 Bramley apple, peeled, cored and finely chopped
2 tsp caster sugar
100g/3½oz plain flour
100g/3½oz brown sugar
For the custard
150ml/5fl oz whole milk
150ml/5fl oz double cream
1 vanilla pod, split lengthways and seeds scraped out
2 large free-range egg yolks
2 tbsp caster sugar
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
2. To make the apple crumble, put 50g/2oz of the butter into a small saucepan together with the ginger, apple and caster sugar and cook gently for 5 minutes until the apple has softened and broken down slightly. Pour into a small ovenproof dish.
3. Put the remaining butter, the flour and brown sugar into a food processor and blitz until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Sprinkle the crumble mix onto the apple, place in the preheated oven and cook for 10 minutes.
4. To make the custard, put the milk, double cream and vanilla pod and seeds into a non-stick saucepan and heat until just boiling. Remove the vanilla pod and set aside.
5. Meanwhile, whisk together the egg yolks and caster sugar with an electric whisk until pale and fluffy. Pour the warm milk and cream mixture over the beaten eggs and sugar and whisk to combine. Pour the mixture into a clean saucepan and heat and whisk for a further 2 minutes or until the custard has thickened slightly. Remove from the heat and pour into a small jug.
6. To serve, pour the custard over the apple crumble.