Apple Crumble High Pie

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

• 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

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.