New York apple-pie

Ingredients:

Dough:

250 g flour

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

150 g cold butter

6 tbsp cold water

Filling:

4 large green apples

1 1/2 tbsp wheat flour

100 g sugar

pinch of salt

1 tbsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

3 tbsp lemon juice

1 packet vanilla sugar

grated lemon peel

butter flakes

Preparation:

1. Mix together flour with salt, sugar and cinnamon.

2. Cut cold butter into small pieces and add to the flour mixture with a knife till it resembles a crumble texture.

3. Add cold water and knead to a dough.

4. Place in the fridge for one hour.

5. Peel and core green apples and cut into thin slices and then mix with wheat flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, ground nutmeg, lemon juice and vanilla sugar into a bowl, then add some grated lemon peel and mix well.

6. Roll out 2/3 of the dough and lay onto a greased pie-dish (23 cm) and gently push up the sides to form the edge.

7. Add apple mixture.

8. Roll out the rest of the dough, cut out some star shapes and place over the apples.

9. Finish by sprinkling butter flakes over the pie, then egg-wash the top.

10. Bake for 1 hour at 180 degrees or until the pastry turns golden brown and the fruit is soft.

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