Individual Apple pies - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
6 -
Cook
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Skill
Easy
Ingredients
For the pastry
- 230 g Plain white flour plus extra for dusting
- 100 g Butter (unsalted) cold, cut into small pieces, plus extra for greasing
- 50 g Icing sugar
- 2 Egg yolk(s) (free range)
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
For the filling
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- 250 g Unrefined dark muscovado sugar
- 8 Apple(s) peeled and diced
- 2 Lemon(s) juice and zest
- 50 g Butter (unsalted)
- 2 tbsp Dark rum
- 1 Egg(s) (free range)
- 1 Egg yolk(s) (free range)
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1
Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan 160°C, gas mark 4).
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2
Place the flour in a mixing bowl, add icing sugar and butter and rub together with your finger tips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
For this step you'll need:
- 230g Plain white flour plus extra for dusting
- 50g Icing sugar
- 100g Butter (unsalted)
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3
In a separate bowl, mix egg yolks and vanilla extract together. Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture and pour in the egg mixture. With fingertips bring together to form a soft dough. Knead gently and dust with flour, cover with cling film and chill for at least 30 minutes.
For this step you'll need:
- 2 Egg yolk(s) (free range)
- 2tsp Vanilla extract
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4
For the filling, put the lemon juice and zest into a bowl and add the diced apples, sugar, and cinnamon and mix well together. Finally add the rum and mix.
For this step you'll need:
- 2 Lemon(s) juice and zest
- 8 Apple(s) peeled and diced
- 250g Unrefined dark muscovado sugar
- 2tsp Cinnamon
- 2 tbsp Dark rum
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5
Roll out the pastry and cut into strips and line sides of tins. Then using a cutter, cut out the pastry base and line 6 tins.
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6
Mix the eggs together and brush the tops. Spoon in the mixture and dot with the butter. Roll out the remaining pastry, slightly thicker than before and using a bigger cutter for the lids cut out the tops.
For this step you'll need:
- 1 Egg(s) (free range)
- 1 Egg yolk(s) (free range)
- 50g Butter (unsalted)
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7
Place on top of the apple mixture and seal and crimp and brush with egg wash. Make a small hole in the middle of the pie and add the parchment cone. Place in the oven for 30-35 minutes until golden brown.
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To serve, sprinkle with cinnamon and pour custard through the cone.