Apple Pie

Ingredients:

Pastry crust 1 cup flour 2 or 3 tsp sugar crushed 60 grams chilled butter

Fillings:

4 medium apples, peeled,cored and sliced
Half tsp cinnamon powder
10or12 spoons sugar
1 egg yolk, beaten

Method:

• Preheat oven to 200 c.

• Mix flour,sugar, a pinch of salt and butter gently, sprinkle five tablespoonof chilled water and make a dough.

• Wrap in cling film and refrigerate for half an hour.

• For the filling cook the apples in half a cup of water till all the moisturehas evaporated.

• Add the sugar, cinnamon powder and two tablespoons of flour.

• Roll out the dough and line the pie dish easing carefully so that it does not stretch.

• Trim off the excess dough. Spread the apple mix.

• Roll out the remaining and cover the pie or cut it into strips and cover in a crisscross pattern.

• Brush the pastry strips with egg yolk and bake for 45 mins.

Thanks Sumathy for this recipe.