High Apple Pie

2 cups plain flour
½ cup Foster Clarks custard powder
½ cup icing sugar mixture
185g butter, chilled, chopped
2 egg yolks
1 tablespoon chilled water
2 tablespoons almond meal (ground almond)
½ cup caster sugar
5 large Granny Smith apples
¼ cup sultanas
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ cup pouring cream
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons white sugar
vanilla custard, or whipped cream (or both!!), to serve

Preheat oven to 200c. Turn base of a 6cm deep 20cm (base) springform
cake pan upside down and lock into place. Grease and line base with
baking paper.

Combine flour, custard powder, icing sugar and butter in a food
processor. Whizz until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add egg yolks and
chilled water. Process until dough comes together. Turn dough onto a
lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Trim 1/3 of the pastry
and set aside. Roll remaining pastry out between 2 sheets of baking
paper to a 32cm round. Use to line base and sides of pan. Trim excess
pastry and refrigerate for 10mins or until firm.

Combine almond meal and 1 tablespoon of caster sugar and sprinkle over
pastry base. Peel, core and thinly slice the apples. Place apples,
sultanas, remaining ¼ cup of caster sugar, cinnamon, and cream in a
large bowl and mix to coat. Press mixture into pastry case. Lightly
brush pastry edges with egg. Roll reserved pastry out to a 21cm round
and place over filling gently pressing over surface. Press edges to
seal. Brush top with egg, sprinkle with white sugar and prick the centre
of the pastry top once with a fork.

Bake for 20mins. Reduce oven to 180c and bake for a further 40mins or
until golden. Remove when done and stand pie in pan for 30mins. Serve
with custard, or cream.... or both :


A seriously delicious apple pie!!


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"People sleep safely in their beds because rough men stand ready in
the night to do violence to those who would do them harm"
-- George Orwell

PeterLucas wrote:

½ cup Foster Clarks custard powder

Is that similar to Bird's custard?

Becca

Becca wrote in :

PeterLucas wrote:

½ cup Foster Clarks custard powder

Is that similar to Bird's custard?

Becca



Any custard powder will do.

Foster Clarks is Aussie (I hope!!)



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"People sleep safely in their beds because rough men stand ready in
the night to do violence to those who would do them harm"
-- George Orwell