I love this pie. (I have made it a few times, just to be sure.) It is fragrant and homely—in a comforting way. It is the perfect family dessert, and leftovers are great for days afterwards; if anything, the flavour improves. Think checked tablecloth, think fields of waving grain and think hand on your heart; pledge allegiance to apple-pie, homespun goodness.
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends and family. This one is for you!
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Need
- 1 Batch Vanilla Bean Pastry Pre-made Recipe
- 1.2 kilograms green apples, cored and peeled, sliced into rings
- 80 Grams golden castor sugar
- 50 Grams baker’s flour
- 3 Tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 100 Grams butter cubed BUY
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Crumble:
- 250 Grams unsalted butter cubed and cold BUY
- 200 Grams dark brown sugar
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla bean paste BUY
- Pinches pink salt flakes BUY
- 60 Grams shredded coconut
- 200 Grams rolled oats
- 2 Tablespoons cornflour
- 200 Grams almonds plus some more BUY
Do
- 1
Roll out the pastry and line your pie dish. We used a deep-sided pie dish, approximately 22 centimetres diameter. Trim the edges and flute them—so they look good on Instagram!
- 2
Mix together the castor sugar, flour and ground cinnamon.
- 3
Toss the apple slices in the mixture until they are well coated and arrange them in the pastry shell. Dot the apples with cubes of butter.
- 4
Refrigerate while you make the crumble.
- 5
Preheat the oven to 170°C.
- 6
To make the crumble, place the butter, sugar, vanilla paste and salt into the Thermomix bowl and cream 30 seconds/speed 5.
- 7
Add remaining ingredients except almonds and combine 10 seconds/Reverse/speed 5.
- 8
Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the almonds and mix 5 seconds/Reverse/speed 3.
- 9
Place crumble on top of the apples making sure you seal the edges as well as you can. Rustic is good, but you want closure. Add a few more whole almonds on top and cover the entire pie with foil.
- 10
Bake for 45 minutes with the foil covering. Remove foil and bake a further 15 minutes until golden, fragrant and the apples are cooked. (Test with a skewer.)
- 11
Serve warm or cold, with ice cream or whipped cream, though ice cream is pretty well a rule if you are sticking with the American theme.
