Apple pie

An Apple pie is a Pie or a Tart, in which the principal filling ingredient is Apple. It is, on occasion, served with whipped cream or ice cream on top, or alongside cheddar cheese. The pastry is generally used top-and-bottom, making it a double-crust pie; the upper crust may be a circular or a pastry lattice woven of crosswise strips. Depending on the baker’s preference, the bottom of the double-crust may be baked first (before baking the whole pie) to prevent the bottom from getting soggy. Follow the steps to get amazing results.

INGREDIENTS:

Short Crust pastry dough – 200 gm.

Apples – 100 gm.

Sugar – 50-60 gm (depending upon the sweetness of apples)

vanilla essence- 1/4 tsp

Cinnamon powder- 1-2 tsp.

METHOD:

1. Line the dough in the pie dish, dock  and blind bake it until golden brown in colour.
2. In a pan heat sugar , chopped apples, cinnamon powder.
3. Cook till mushy and add vanilla essence too it.
4. Pour the apple filling in the pie shell and cover it up with  lattice strips in desired shapes.
5. Brush the top with egg wash and bake in pre heated oven at 180 degree Celsius for 20-25 minutes or until the top is golden brown in color. (For apple tart , after putting the filling in tart shell cover it up with thin slice of apple arranged in a rose shape.)