Green Apple Pie

Name: Green Apple Pie (Griene Ebbelkuche)
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ¼ cup (60 ml) lime juice; 5½ cups (1.1 kg) shredded raw apple (about 6 apples, pared and cored); 1 teaspoon ground allspice; short pastry crust; candied angelica or citron (optional); 6 tablespoons (90 g) unsalted butter; 1 cup (170 g) dark brown sugar; ¾ cup (95 g) chopped pitted sun-dried cherries or chopped dried pears; ¾ cup (95 g) chopped hickory nuts; 4 large eggs

Griene Ebbelkuche

Preparation info

Serves
8 to 10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pennsylvania Dutch Country Cooking

By William Woys Weaver

Published 1993

About

For this excellent recipe, which was published in 1887, I suggest Winesap or Smokehouse apples, slightly unripe of course.8

Ingredients

short pastry crust
5½ cups (1.1 kg) shredded raw apple (about 6 a

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Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a 12-inch (30-cm) tart pan (approximately 1½ to 2 inches/3 to 5 cm deep) with short crust. Prick the bottom with a fork. Shred the apples and put them in a deep bowl. Cook the butter and sugar together in a saucepan over medium heat until the mix