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Autumn Apple Pie

Posted on: August 1, 2014, in Umngazi Recipes

(This recipe makes 1 Pie of 8 portions)
Ingredients

• 1 (375g) packet ready rolled shortcrust pastry sheets
• 750g thinly tinned apples
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 110g light brown soft sugar
• 100g caster sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 3 tablespoons plain flour
• 50g unsalted butter, chilled and diced
• 9 toffees, unwrapped and quartered or 2 tablespoons hot fudge sauce
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar

Preparation method
Prep: 30 mins | Cook: 40 mins

• In a large bowl, combine apples, lemon juice, sugars, spices, flour, butter and toffees/hot fudge sauce.
• Stir to coat fruit evenly
• Line a pie tin with one of the pastry sheets – make sure its rolled thin and pressed thin into edge of 24cm spring-form tin.
• Spoon filling into tin and cover with second pastry sheet
• Crimp the edges
• Place the pie on a baking tray
• Poke fork holes over top
• Sprinkle lightly with caster sugar and egg wash
• Bake at 180 C for 40 minutes
• If you notice over-browning after 30 minutes, reduce heat to 170 C
• Serve warm or at room temperature with Vanilla Ice Cream

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