Apple pie
Recipe for 8 persons
Time required
Preparation: 1 hourCooking: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Ingredients
Dough375 g flour
1/2 tsp salt
3 tbsp sugar
180 g butter
75 g egg
100 g grated dark chocolate
1 tbsp cocoa powder
Filling
8 Belle de Boskoop apples
100 g sugar
½ lemon (juice)
60 g ground almonds
Pinch of cinnamon powder
Glaze
½ lemon (juice)
130 g icing sugar
20 g toasted almond flakes
How to make it
Dough- Place all the ingredients in a bowl and rub together with your fingers until it resembles breadcrumbs
- Bring the mixture together to form a dough
- Wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes
- Roll out 2/3 of the dough to a 3 mm thick circle
- Transfer rolled out dough to a 26 cm diameter pie dish
- Trim off the edges
- Prick the pie base several times with a fork and chill
- Roll remaining dough to a 3 mm thick circle to cover the pie and chill
Filling
- Peel the apples and grate with a rösti grater
- Add the remaining ingredients and give everything a good mix
- Spread the apple mixture over the pie base
- Cover the pie with the rolled out circle and lightly press the edges together
- Roll a rolling pin over the edge of the pie to seal the edges
- Bake the pie in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes
- Leave pie to cool
Glaze
- Mix the lemon juice and icing sugar until you have a smooth, viscous glaze
- Carefully turn the cooled pie out onto a cake stand
- Pour the glaze over the pie and sprinkle with almond flakes