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Apple Pie

This classic of family cooking is quite simple: just a puff pastry "shell" sealing in lightly sweetened slices of apple.

During cooking, the fruit softens to resemble stewed apple. Serve warm, if possible, to enjoy at its best.

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Last modified on: September 11^th 2018

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For 1 pie, you will need:

1 300 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
2 750 g apple
3 2 tablespoons caster sugar
4 1 teaspoon Vanilla sugar
5 20 g beaten egg
Total weight: 1,105 grams

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Roll out 300 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée), if not ready-rolled, into 2 identical circles.

Line a tart tin or mould with one.

If your pastry came with a sheet of cooking parchment, leave this in place in the bottom of the tin.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Fold the pastry over the edge of the tin, leaving an overhang of about 1/4 inch (1/2 cm).

Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).

Stage 3 - 7 min.

Peel 750 g apple, slice into half-rounds (like in the photo) and fill up the pastry case.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Sprinkle the 2 tablespoons caster sugar and 1 teaspoon Vanilla sugar over.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Prepare the second circle of pastry: make a small hole in the centre to let the steam escape during cooking, then use a brush to moisten around the edge with cold water.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Moisten around the rim of the pie case as well.

This will help the pastry "lid" to stick.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Place the second pastry circle on top of the first so that the moistened edges are in contact.

Seal the edges by pressing with your fingers, then trim off any excess pastry.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Finish by glazing the top of the pie.

Stage 9 - 30 min.

Bake, preferably low down in the oven, for about 30 minutes.

Leave to cool slightly before taking the pie out of the tin.

Remarks

Use slightly sharp apples if you can, or add a little lemon juice with the sugar.

If serving the pie warm, make it extra delicious with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a little chantilly cream.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
659 Kcal or 2,759 Kj	17 gr	222 gr	98 gr
33 %	7 %	21 %	15 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
60 Kcal or 251 Kj	2 gr	20 gr	9 gr
3 %	1 %	2 %	1 %

Per pie
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
659 Kcal or 2,759 Kj	17 gr	222 gr	98 gr
33 %	7 %	21 %	15 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 1 pie : 2.24 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Apple: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Toffee apple upside-down cake, Windfall apple jelly, Baked apples from St Aubin le Vertueux, Tarte à l'coloche, Apple macaronade, ... All
	Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Ham spirals, Crusty pistachio, almond and apricot flan, Chicken and mushroom pie, Quick flaky pizza, Koulibiak in pie dish, ... All
	Beaten egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, Pains briochés aux raisins, Little apple turnovers with almonds and raisins, Old style brioche, Brioche Tatin, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Flognarde, Apple charlotte with toasted brioche, Apple Tatin Terrine, Saint Honoré cake, Clafoutis "Marie-Antoinette", ... All

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