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American apple pie.

Servings: 8

Ingredients

For the crust:

  • 250 g cold diced butter
  • 500 g all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 50 g icing sugar
  • 7 tbsp cold water
  • 1 tbsp apple vinegar

For the filling:

  • 9 granny smith apples peeled, cored and diced
  • 100 g cane sugar
  • 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 pod vanilla (seeds only)
  • 50 g butter
  • 3 tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice

For the brushing:

  • 3 tbsp milk
  • 3 tbsp cane sugar

Instructions

  • Using a mixer combine flour and butter then add all the other ingredients until you have a crumbly dough. Wrap it in cling film and let it rest in fridge for at least 1 hour.
  • Pre heat oven at 360°F.
    Mix apples with cinnamon, sugar and vanilla.
    In a glass mix cornstarch and lemon,
    Melt butter in a pan, stir in apple, let them bronwn, add the lemon/ cornstarch mixture and cook 5 more minutes.
  • Divide the dough in two parts, roll out one and line a round pan.
    Cover the dough with oven parchment, add a weight ( with dry beans or similars) and bake for 15- 20 minutes.
  • Remove parchment and beans, put in the baked dough the filling, cover it with the other half dough, rolled out and with a hole in the centre to let the humidity escape.
    Brush with milk, sprinkle with cane sugar and bake for about 45 minutes.
    Serve with a good quality custard ice cream.