Honey spiced apple pie
Ingredients
For the Pastry
300g plain flour
150g unsalted butter or margarine
3 tablespoons icing sugar
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1 egg
For The filling
3 eggs
3 tablespoons clear honey
1 teaspoon mixed spice
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons breadcrumbs
4 eating apples - peeled and grated
2 eating apples - peeled and sliced
Glaze: 4 tablespoons apricot jam -melted with 2 teaspoons of water
Garnish: A dusting of icing sugar and mixed spice
A pie filled with a grated apple and honey mixture and flavoured with mixed spice and cinnamon. A recipe by renowned Jewish cookery writer Denise Phillips
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Method
1) Combine all the pastry ingredients in to a food processor until a dough has formed. Add a little water if the mixture is slightly dry. Remove from the plastic bowl, wrap in cling form. Flatten and place in the refrigerator for a minimum of 30 minutes to relax.
2) Pre- heat the oven to 200 C/ 400 F/ Gas mark 6.
3) To make the filling, whisk together the eggs and honey together until thick. Add the mixed spice, cinnamon, lemon juice, breadcrumbs and grated apple. Set aside.
4) Roll out the pastry so that it fits a 22 cm/ 9 inch loose based pie tin. Cover with foil; insert baking beans and blind bake for 20 minutes.
5) Remove baking beans and foil from the pastry case and pour in the prepared apple mixture.
6) Arrange the sliced apples on top in a circular pattern.
7) Bake for 40 minutes.
8) Glaze the cooked pie with apricot jam.
To serve the stylish way: Dust with icing sugar and mixed spice.
Courtesy of Denise Phillips, www.jewishcookery.com
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