Apple Pie

Ingredients

• 1.5 serves of homemade pastry
• 6 large (or 8 medium) Granny Smith apples
• 20g butter
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp cornflour
• heaped tsp cinnamon
• pinch cloves
• pinch nutmeg
• vanilla icecream

Note: more apples is better than fewer apples

Method

• Prepare pastry and leave in fridge for 1/2 hour.
• Peel, core, and cut apple into chunks.
• Melt butter in large saucepan and add apple, sugar, lemon juice, and 1 tablespoon of water.
• Cook over medium heat for 5-7 minutes or until apple has softened. Add extra sugar if needed.
• Put spices and cornflour in a little mug, and mix with a little water or some of the liquid from the apple mixture. Make a runny paste with this, and add it to the apple mixture. Cook - stirring well - for 1 minute. Set aside to cool.
• Heat oven to 190 degrees C.
• Roll out 2/3 pastry for base and edges between 2 sheets of greaseproof paper.
• Place apple mixture into dish.
• Roll out remaining pastry for lid. Make two incisions in the centre for steam to escape.
• Bake for 40 minutes, or until golden.
• Optional to serve with vanilla icecream or cream.

Source

The Perfect Cookbook