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Apple pie

Ingredients
For the pastry

500g maida
250 g white butter
1 pinch salt
Chilled water

For the filling

1.5 kg or 6 big  crunchy apple ( we mixed green and gala) sliced 
2 tsp cinnamon powder 
1 tsp nutmeg powder 
150 g sugar ( 75 g demerera  75 gms castor)
Juice of 1 lemon
3 tbsp Cornflour 

Method

1. In a plat rub butter maida and salt to a breadcrumb  texture. 
2. Add little water to pull together a stiff dough
3. Divide the dough in two parts and cling film it and keep in freezer for 30 minutes
4. In a pan add a tbsp of butter, add sugar and apples.
5. Add cinnamon  and nutmeg till there is a shine and apples are gently  cooked
6. Add two tablespoons  of cornstarch and cook for a minute
7. Keep the filling aside to cool.
8. Take a pie mould, smear butter around the inside of the pan.
9. Take  one part of the dough from the freezer.Roll it into a sheet and cover your buttered pie mould with the pastry. With a fork dork the pastry.
10. In a preheated oven at 180 degrees cook the empty pastry till its light brown.
11. Remove the pastry and fill the apple filling in. Dust additional corn starch and cover the pastry with the second batch of dough. You can make lattice or any design.
12.   Brush the pastry with a milk and butter wash
13. Cook  the pie for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
14. Enjoy with vanilla ice-cream  while it is warm.



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