Name: Molly’s Apple Pie
Yield: Serves 8–10
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon Sea salt; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 150g/5oz light brown sugar; A pinch of ground ginger; ½ teaspoon ground cardamom; 2 tablespoons granulated sugar; 300g/10oz plain flour; A pinch of Sea salt; ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg; 3 tablespoons plain flour; 3–4 tablespoons iced water; 2 tablespoons caster sugar; 1½ tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, or 1 egg, beaten; 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 1kg/2lb 2oz Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced; 175g/6oz unsalted butter, cut into 1 cm/½ inch cubes and softened

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Around the World in 80 Dishes

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,

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