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Granny Smith Apple Pie

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Ingredients
  

Pie Crust

  • 1 cup whole meal plain flour
  • 3/4 cup plain flour
  • 1/2 cup self-raising flour
  • 140 g Unsalted butter cold and cut into small pieces
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 Tbsp milk
  • 1 egg
  • Raw sugar to sprinkle on top
  • 1 more egg to egg wash the pie

Filling

  • 8 Granny Smith apples skinned and cut into 8 slices
  • 1/2 Lemon zest and juice
  • 2 Tbsp Rum
  • 50 g Unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon powder
  • 1/2 cup raw sugar

Instructions
 

Pie Crust

  • Put the butter, flours and salt into a food processor and pulse till the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
  • Add the egg and milk if required and process until the mixture comes to a dough. Do not overbeat.
  • Refrigerate for about 20 minutes while you make the filling.

Filling

  • Once the apples are cut, add the lemon juice to coat the apples. Add the cinnamon powder, rum and sugar to apples.
  • In a warm pot, melt the butter and then put in the prepared apples.
  • Cook for 15 minutes. The apples should be slightly caramelized but not soft.
  • Remove from the apples from the fire and cool.
  • Continue to thicken the gravy and set aside.

Make Pie

  • When the apple was left to cook, line a pie dish with the pastry. To do this, take 2/3 of the pastry and roll it into a large circle that is big enough to cover the bottom and sides of the dish.
  • Then loosely roll up the pastry and place it over the dish, and then line it. Cut away the extras.
  • Poke some holes and put the dish into the freezer.
  • Blind bake pastry for 15 minutes at 190C.
  • If the pastry has shrunk, use a sharp knife and trim the sides so that the pie is of equal height all over.
  • Brush the pastry case with the egg. Do a thorough job if you don't want soggy pastry.
  • Place the apples and pour the gravy over.
  • Cover with the remaining 1/3 of the pastry. Cut a few slits on the cover pastry.
  • Egg wash the top and sprinkle generously with raw sugar.
  • Bake for another 45 minutes at 180C until the top is golden brown.