Spiced Apple & Wensleydale Pie

Wensleydale cheese should be eaten young and fresh and is delicious with crisp autumn fruits such as apples and pears. This pie is one of my favourite old English puddings, a traditional Yorkshire way of combining apples and cheese. In this recipe the cheese is mixed with the apples for the filling, but often it is included in the pastry instead. Another Yorkshire custom is to serve a good wedge of crumbly Wensleydale with a slice of rich fruit cake or a mince pie. They both offset the chee