Free-Form Apple Pie with Spiced Apple-Caramel Sauce

Name: Free-Form Apple Pie with Spiced Apple-Caramel Sauce
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 4 cloves; 1 thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger; 250 g (9 oz/1⅔ cups) plain (all-purpose) flour; 150 g (5½ oz) lightly salted butter, very cold; 1 egg, beaten; 2 tablespoons demerara sugar; 1 star anise; 250 ml (9 fl oz/1 cup) thin (pouring/whipping) cream; 50 g (1¾ oz) unsalted butter; 3 tablespoons demerara sugar; 1 pinch grated nutmeg; 1 tablespoon apple liqueur or Calvados; 250 g (9 oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 2 cinnamon sticks; 6–8 large tart cooking apples; 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) apple juice

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 55

Appears in

100 Desserts to Die For

By Trish Deseine

Published 2016

About

No need for tins, dishes and all the washing up that goes with them for this recipe! This pie stands alone. The parts hidden under the folded pastry around the edge are nicely stewed and the middle is crusty. Add to this a spiced caramel sauce (from American chef Bobbly Flay) and you have a dessert that is as easy as it is delicious.

Ingredients

For the pastry:

150 g (5½ oz) lightly salted butter, very cold
250 g (

Dessert
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

MAKE THE PASTRY. Work the diced butter, flour and demerara sugar together in a mixing bowl with an electric beater until the mixture is sandy. Add the beaten egg, mix again, then shape the dough into a ball with your hands. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place it in the fridge for at least 1 hour. Take it out 15 minutes before you use it.

MEANWHILE, MAKE THE SAUCE. Pla