Apple Pie

Name: Apple Pie (Pirog Sloenyj s Jablokami)
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: 5-6 cooking apples; 40-50 g/1½-2 oz/3-4 tbsp butter; 45 ml/3 tbsp raisins; 1 sheet ready-made chilled puff pastry, measuring about 40x20 cm/16x8 in; 1 egg yolk; 5 ml/1 tsp water

Pirog Sloenyj s Jablokami

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes from My Russian Grandmother's Kitchen

By Elena Makhonko

Published 2015

About

Russians like to finish the day with vechernij chaj – evening tea. Chocolate confectionary, cookies, berries and spoonfuls of jam may be served. If something more substantial is required, a large home-baked pie is served with the steaming hot tea.

Ingredients

5-6 cooking apples
40-50 g/1½-2 oz/3-4 tbsp

Europe
Russia
Pie
Dessert
Vegetarian
Very low sodium
Low sodium

Method

Slice the apples, discarding the cores. Put the butter in a medium frying pan and heat until melted. Add the apples and stir-fry, over a low heat, for 5 minutes, until soft.
Remove the pan from the heat, add the raisins and mix together. Set aside and leave to cool.
Preheat the oven to

Energy 393kcal/1650kJ; Protein 4.1g; Carbohydrate 56.3g, of which sugars 27.7g; Fat 18.4g, of which saturates 11.4g; Cholesterol 46mg; Calcium 68mg; Fibre 2.5g; Sodium 136mg.