Apple Raspberry Layers

"Great winter dessert for a crowd"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 20mins
Ingredients:
15
Yields:
1 dessert
Serves:
16
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ingredients

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directions

  • Combine first-lot of brown sugar, flour, bread crumbs and salt in a mixing bowl.
  • Cut in Butter to make a crumbly mixture.
  • Measure off 2/3 cup of this mixture and set aside.
  • Press the remainder of the mixture firmly and evenly on the bottom of a 13x9.
  • 5x2 inch pan.
  • Bake in 375 F oven for 10 minutes or until lightly browned and set.
  • Remove and let stand for a few minutes.
  • Reduce oven temperature to 325F.
  • Combine the second quantity of brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon in a bowl and mix well.
  • Add the grated apples, lemon peel and egg yolks and mix to blend with a fork.
  • Spread over the baked base and sprinkle the reserved crumbly mixture evenly over the top.
  • Bake in the 325 F oven for 40 minutes or until set.
  • Remove from oven and increase oven temperature to 400 F.
  • Spread the raspberry jam evenly over the cooked apple layer.
  • Beat the egg whites with the salt in a steel or ceramic bowl until they are foamy.
  • Gradually add the brown sugar, beating constantly until a thick meringue is formed.
  • Spread over the raspberry layer and sprinkle with sliced almonds Bake in 400F oven until lightly browned.
  • Cool before serving.

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My husband and I are retired and live in a beautiful little village by the sea. For a number of years I was the food commentator for the Montreal English-language Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's noonday show I operated a cooking school in Montreal and have published two cookbooks, "Downhome Nova Scotia Cooking and The Great Canadian Bread Book which was also translated into French as "Faire Son Pain Soi-Meme. In summer we sail a 30-foot sloop in the beautiful waters off northern Nova Scotia. I love cats.
 
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