Homemade Apple Pie - from Scratch - Made Easy

Описание: There is just something special about a homemade apple pie - so delicious and rewarding. It is easier to make than you make think, and I will share some tips with you along the way - so hope you enjoy this episode and more importantly, hope you give it a try :)

Ivo’s Apple Pie recipe

Making the Crust
Ingredients
• 290 gm “cake & pastry” flour or all-purpose flour (alternate measurement is 2 cups)
• 2/3 cup lard (or vegetable shortening) (put in freezer for 15 mins)
• 4 TBSP unsalted butter (i.e. ½ of a butter stick) (put in freezer for 15 mins)
• 1 TSP table salt
• 5 TBSP ice water

Directions
• Sift flour, add salt, mix together
• Chop up lard and butter, cut into the flour by hand, until small shapes form (i.e. pea size)
• Add ice water, 1 TBSP at a time, and work into the dough by hand – use all 5 TBSP’s
• Do not over handle the dough, but form it into a ball and place in fridge

Apple Pie Filling
Ingredients
• 3 ½ lbs of apples (~7 large apples) (I like to use Mutsu or Ambrosia apples)
• Juice from ½ lemon (or 1 – 2 TBSP lemon juice)
• ¾ cup brown sugar & ¼ cup white sugar
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ¼ cup corn starch (or ½ cup all-purpose flour)

Directions
• Peal and de-core apples, slice into thin slivers, add to a large bowl
• Add lemon juice, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and corn starch, mix together

Making the Pie
• Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees
• Rub pie plate with butter, roll out ½ the dough and place in pie plate
• Add apple filling (plate should be heaping), reserving 1 – 2 TBSP of residual juice in bowl
• Roll out the other half of dough, place on top, cut off any excess/overhang
• Pinch both top & bottom dough together to form a seal
• With a knife, put a few slits in the pie (4 min) and brush on reserved juice from bowl (or use an egg wash)
• Bake for 75 minutes at 375 degrees (put a cookie sheet below the pie plate in the oven, in case any juices over spill)
• Remove from oven when complete, and let cool, before cutting into it – enjoy!!



Home Made Apple Pie - from Scratch - Made Easy
   • Homemade Apple Pie - from Scratch - Made Easy