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Apple Pie a la Normande

1 Comment Sweet baking apple pie, apples, butter, Calvados, cinnamon, lemon, lemon zest

With this recipe we want to combine the best of two worlds: The buttery, sandy dough of the Dutch ‘appeltaart’ with the filling of a pie from Normandy. So, no cinnamon this time, instead you get the long lingering scent and taste of wonderful Calvados (‘apple brandy’). And the baking of apples in sugar and butter is no punishment either!

Ingredients for the Apple Pie

serves 8-12

175 g cold butter in little cubes

300 g self raising flour

125 g soft light brown sugar

1 egg yolk

a pinch of salt

lemon zest of 1/2 lemon

5 to 6 tart, firm apples

50 g butter and 50 g sugar for baking the apples

Calvados to taste

Making the Apple Pie
Peel and core the apples and cut them into thick slices. Bake the apple slices in the 50 g butter and 50 g sugar until softer but still firm enough so they can ‘stand up’ as you build the pie. Drain the apples and keep the juices because you are going to need them later!

Mix self raising flour, salt, soft sugar and butter in cubes the lemon zest. Rub with fingertips until you have a mixture resembling bread crumbs. Add the egg yolk and quickly knead everything into a supple dough. You can let the dough rest for 30 minutes in the fridge.

Preheat the oven at 180ºC / 356.00ºF.

Line a buttered baking dish or springform (20-22 cm) with the dough. Be creative and arrange the apple slices in a nice pattern. A little bit of extra work, but worth it, because it looks impressive.

Bake the pie for 30 minutes. When light golden brown get it out of the oven, but keep the fires burning! Now warm up the butter-sugar-apple juices you kept behind and add a generous gulp of the Calvados. Oh, what a wonderful smell, I love it! Let it bubble for a few minutes. Now pour this mixture over the pie and put it back in the oven for another 10 minutes. Serve warm with some crème fraîche.

Enjoy!

Sweet baking apple pie, apples, butter, Calvados, cinnamon, lemon, lemon zest

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  1. At home with Kim Vallee says

    November 11, 2007 at 04:23

    A new twist on apple pie that sounds delicious.

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