Apple Pie a la Caribe

Name: Apple Pie a la Caribe (Pastel (Pie) de Manzana a la Caribe)
Yield: Serves 12
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Ingredients: ½ cup milk, chilled; 1 cup vegetable shortening, chilled; 1½ teaspoons salt; 1 quart (4 cups) water; 1 tablespoon salt; 3 pounds medium-sized apples (red, heavy, and slightly sour); 3 pounds medium-sized apples (red, heavy, and slightly sour); 2 ounces (4 tablespoons) butter; 3 cups flour; 2 cups water; 2½ cups sugar; 3 pounds medium-sized apples (red, heavy, and slightly sour); 3 pounds medium-sized apples (red, heavy, and slightly sour)

Pastel (Pie) de Manzana a la Caribe

Preparation info

Serves
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli

Published 1983

About

Ingredients

A

Apple filling

3 pounds medium-sized apples (red, heavy, and slightly sour)
1

Americas
Vegetarian
Pie
Puerto Rico
Caribbean

Method

Wash and peel apples, cut each into 8 wedges and core wedges. Rinse rapidly in water and salt included in A. Drain well.
Place ingredients included in B in a deep pan. Add drained apple wedges and bring rapidly to a boil. Reduce heat to moderate and boil until syrup thickens to light stage (Candy Thermometer - 220°F.).