YUM!!!

After a LONG time, finally a post about food.
I realise what was wrong with the previous ones - TOO COMPLICATED.
This is the BEST apple pie I have ever EATEN (and made, which is a huge bonus).

Preheat oven to 190 degrees celcius.

PIE CRUST (from Chocolate and Zucchini - as the writer says, I will NEVER make pie crust any other way again)
In a food processor, mix 170 g of flour with 85 g of sugar. Then add 85 g of butter straight from the fridge, cut in small cubes. When that's well blended, add 2 tablespoons of milk and blend again. You should obtain coarse sand. Dump the whole thing in a pie dish and press/pack the dough with your fingers so it lines the whole dish.

FILLING (from Allrecipes)
In a bowl, mix 1/3 cup brown sugar and 1/3 cup white sugar with 1/3 cup all-purpose flour and 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon.
Peel, core and chop 6-8 apples (I used a mix of granny smith and red gala varieties) into 1 inch cubes. Toss with juice of one lemon, then sprinkle with flour and sugar mixture and mix well.

TOPPING (from Allrecipes)
In a food processor, mix 1 cup of flour with 1/2 cup of white sugar and 1/2 cup of brown sugar. Then add 3 tablespoons of butter straight from the fridge, cut in small cubes. Blend until well-mixed, then press mixture lightly together with fingertips. Sprinkle mixture over apple filling. Cover top loosely with aluminum foil.

BAKE
in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 25 to 30 minutes, until top is golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

Eat with vanilla ice cream (Now all I need is one of these...)


P.S. I attended Pierre Herme's WGS culinary masterclass over the weekend. Fantastic fun, though I don't think any of those creations will be exiting my kitchen anytime soon.