Molly’s Apple Pie

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    8–10

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Around the World in 80 Dishes: Classic Recipes from the World's Favourite Chefs

By David Loftus

Published 2012

  • About

A pie to be damn proud of, Auntie Molly’s apple pie is a comforting taste of home when you’re out of range. I wrote this recipe down directly from Molly’s scrapbook. She’s over ninety years old: apple pie is clearly essential to a long and happy life.

Ingredients

For the Pastry

  • 300g/10oz plain flour
  • 2 tablespoons g

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6.

To make the pastry, sift the flour, sugar and salt into a medium-sized bowl. Add the softened butter and mix together (in a blender, with a fork, or by hand) until fully, but coarsely, combined. Slowly add the iced water, bit by bit,