Preparation & Cooking Time: 80 minutes
Makes: a 25cm deep pie Dish
This recipe gives you all it takes to make that traditional apple pie that everybody loves with a nice cup of tea or as a special desert. Easy to make and with a delicious taste this desert would remain one of your favorite.
You will need:
For pastry
Lamb Brand Auntie’s Mix Flour 285g
Lamb Brand Table Salt ¼tsp
Lard 113g
Margarine 57g
Iced Water 90ml
Evaporated Milk 15ml
For filling
Lamb Brand Sultanas 100g
Lamb Brand Black Raisins 100g
Lamb Brand Golden Raisins 100g
Lamb Brand Brown Sugar 170g
Lamb Brand Corn Flour 1tbsp
Lamb Brand Cinnamon 1tsp
Lamb Brand Mixed Spice ¼tsp
Lamb Brand Ground Nutmeg ¼tsp
Apples 6 medium
Butter 30g
Fresh Lemon juice 1tbsp
For topping
Lamb Brand Topping Mix
All you have to do is:
For pastry
Sift the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl. Add the lard and the margarine and rub in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the water gradually and stir. Knead the pastry gently until smooth. Wrap in aluminium foil and refrigerate for around 30 minutes.
Roll out half the pastry on a floured surface, large enough to line the pie dish. Gently cover the bottom and sides of the greased dish and trim the extra pastry that rolls over the rim.
For filling
Peel, core and thinly slice the apples. Place in a mixing bowl and blend in the remaining filling ingredients except for butter and toss together, thoroughly, but gently.
Fill the pie shell with the apple mixture, piling it higher in the centre of dish. Although the filling may seem too much, it will shrink during baking. Scatter small bits of butter on top of the filling.
For the crust roll out the remaining pastry leaving it about 3mm thick and cover the dish. Press down with a fork to seal the two crusts and trim the extra pastry. Brush the pastry with the evaporated milk and using a fork make holes in the centre for the steam to escape.
Bake the pie in a pre-heated oven on 190°C for 40 minutes or until the crust is golden brown.
Before serving, follow packet instructions to prepare the topping mix, pipe it on top of each serving and enjoy.
If not serving immediately warm individual portions (before topping) for 1 or 2 minutes in the microwave.