Food

'Fast' Ed's Apple pie - as seen on TV's Winter Warmer!

May 30 08:36pm

Prep Time	Cook Time	Serves
15 mins	45 mins	4

Ingredients

4 sheets ready-made shortcrust pastry
4 Tbsp caster sugar
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
8 Granny Smith apples
4 Tbsp brown sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp ground allspice
2 Tbsp butter, cut into small pieces
1 egg, beaten
2 Tbsp demerara sugar
Double cream, to serve

Here's how:

STEP 1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Brush each sheet of pastry with a little water, then sprinkle with caster sugar. Pair pastry sheets, sugar side in, so each pair forms an 8-pointed star. Roll pastry lightly to increase its size by 20 per cent and to seal. Line a 22cm pie dish with 1 rolled pastry pair, leaving a 2cm margin around the edges. Sprinkle breadcrumbs over base.

STEP 2 Peel and core apples. Cut apples into 2mm-thick slices and put in a large bowl. Combine apple, brown sugar and spices and pack mixture into the pastry shell. Top with butter.

STEP 3 Brush the pastry edges with beaten egg, then lay the second pastry pair over the top. Crimp well to seal the edges and trim excess. Brush the top of the pie with egg, then sprinkle with demerara sugar. Cut a small cross in the top of the pie.

STEP 4 Bake pie for 35-45 minutes or until pastry is golden and juices begin to rise out of the cross. Transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool for 20 minutes before serving with double cream.

6 Comments Report Abuse

1. janette_clowes - May 31 05:05am

Made this pie yesterday -absolutely delicious.

2. lilshyazn - Jun 01 03:34pm

yum!! im just making this now!!!

3. wesjack777 - Jun 02 12:48pm

I cooked this one saturday - was fantastic, but when I took the first slice out, the gap left filled up with a lot of 'pie juice'.
?? I used the 1/2 cup of bread crumbs and it still had this overflow of liquid in it.
I scooped all of it out, and the base was still fine. Bit suprised though. WES

4. phoebilda - Jul 12 07:46pm

I didint like it very much.Next time I think I will cook the apples before I put them in the pie.It was nice with lots of custard.

5. melly_r_brown - Jun 02 02:29pm

Try this for printing;
Highlight the recipe and click on your own 'print preview' button (not icon on website). Depending on your computer, there should be a drop down menu where you can change the percentage (ie my box says 'shrink to fit' and I changed it to 125%). It fit perfectly!