Woodland Apple Pie

Name: Woodland Apple Pie
Ingredients: 1 egg yolk mixed with a couple of drops of milk, for glazing; 2-3 tbsp Calvados apple brandy (optional); 1½ tsp ground ginger; 3 tbsp demerara, light muscovado or soft light brown sugar, plus extra for sprinkling; 3 tbsp demerara, light muscovado or soft light brown sugar, plus extra for sprinkling; 3 tbsp demerara, light muscovado or soft light brown sugar, plus extra for sprinkling; 1 kg mixed cooking and eating apples (whatever you have to hand), peeled, cored and quartered (from 1.5 kg unpeeled); 1 kg mixed cooking and eating apples (whatever you have to hand), peeled, cored and quartered (from 1.5 kg unpeeled); 2-3 tbsp icing sugar; 25 ml Calvados; 300 ml crème fraîche; 1 egg yolk mixed with a couple of drops of milk, for glazing; 200 g cold unsalted butter, grated, plus extra for greasing; Cold water, for mixing; 400 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting; 1 tsp sea salt

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Ms Marmite Lover's Secret Tea Party

By Kerstin Rodgers

Published 2014

About

To create a woodland look, I used leaf and flower cutters to make the pattern on top of this apple pie. Then I rolled small pieces of pastry to make the ‘stems’. I’ve added Calvados here as it is an apple brandy, but it is optional. Using a mix of cooking and eating apples gives acidity, sweetness and a good texture.

Ingredients

400 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
1 tsp sea salt
200

Pastry
Pie
Vegetarian
Winter

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C (gas 4). Grease the pie dish.

Sift the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl or just run a fork through to break up the flour and add air. Add the grated butter and use your fingertips to gently work the butter into the flour and salt until the mixtu