Apple Pie

Portions:6
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Ingredients

For the pastry

  • 375 g strong white flour
  • 250 g caster sugar
  • 125 g butter softened
  • 1 medium egg
  • 100 g ground almonds

For the filling

  • 1.4 kg apples peeled, cored and sliced
  • splash Calvados
  • 3 lemons juice of it
  • handful sultanas
  • pinch cinnamon

For the topping

  • 1 egg beaten, for eggwash
  • caster sugar for sprinkling

Instructions

  • Soak the sliced apples in the Calvados and lemon juice for 2 hours.
  • Mix all the pastry ingredients together and leave to rest for 1 hour.
  • Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6.
  • Roll out the pastry to fit into a 30.
  • 5 cm/12 inch pie tin or foil base and fill with the apples and sultanas.
  • Sprinkle with cinnamon.
  • Roll out the pastry trimmings for the lid, cover the pie and crimp the edges together.
  • Brush with the eggwash and sugar and bake for 25 minutes until golden brown.
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Course Fruit / Pie