English Apple Pie

• 1 ½ pounds cooking apples
• juice of ½ lemon
• pastry for shell and top

Pare and core apples and slice thickly. Soak them in water to which you have added lemon juice to keep their colour. Line a deep 9-inch pie dish with pastry, using your own favourite recipe or one of the new mixes.

Combine granulated sugar, brown sugar, flour, nutmeg and cinnamon and rub a little of this mixture into pastry lining. Add grated peels to remaining sugar mixture. Cover bott