Apple Pie

 

Ingredients:

• 700g / Bramley apples, peeled and cut into slices

• 1 lemon, juice only

• 75g–100g soft brown sugar

• 1 tsp cinnamon

• 1 tbsp plain white flour, plus extra for dusting

• 25g butter, diced

• 175g prepared shortcrust pastry

• 1-2 tsp caster sugar (for decoration)

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.

2. Put the apples 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.

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.

Enjoy the apple pie!

 
Thana Mitchell