Apple Pie

I love to try new recipes and pies are always a favourite because they look complicated to make but when you actually start doing it, it’s not that scary after all. So, don’t scare yourself and give it a try!
I love the pastry with its crispy crust and the buttery taste! Yummy….but can’t eat too much of it for health reason.

So, here’s a first attempt of apple pie :)


Ingredients:
Plain flour (250gm)
Salt
Icing sugar (3 tbsp)
Butter (150gm)
Cold water (5-6 tbsp)
Apple (3 apples cut into small cubes)
Brown sugar (5-6 tbsp)
Lemon juice (2 tbsp)
Cinnamon powder (1/2 tsp)
Nutmeg powder (1/4 tsp)
Egg (1 egg, beaten)


Preheat oven at 185C.


Method:
1. Put flour into a big bowl/pot and mix with butter until it looks like crumbles. (Use a knife to cut butter into small cubes)
2. Add in a dash of salt, icing sugar and some cold water to form a dough.
3. Wrap in a plastic and put in the fridge for ~30min.
4. Mix apples with brown sugar, a dash of salt, lemon juice, cinnamon powder and nutmeg powder. Leave aside.
5. Take out the dough and roll into 2 round sheets of ~2mm.
6. Line the pie dish with the pastry. Use a fork and poke holes into the pastry sheet.
7. Put the apples into the dish.
8. Cover the apples with the other pastry sheet.
9. Cut off the extra pastry at the sides and use a fork to press the edge of the pastry.
10. Cut a cross in the middle of the pie.
11. Brush the pie with egg.
12. Bake the pie in preheated oven for about 1 hour or until cooked.

Note: You can use this pastry to make other pies e.g. peach, pear, blueberries, etc.