Delicious Croatian Apple Pie
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 250 g all-purpose flour (125 g cake flour and 125 g bread flour)
- 150 g butter, cut into smaller pieces
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 splash milk
- 30 g sugar
- 3 tablespoons cranberry jam, or
- 3 tablespoons rose-hip jam
- 750 g apples, peeled, thinly sliced (with grater)
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar, to taste
- 1 grated lemon, zest of
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons rum
- 3 eggs, yolks separated from the whites
- 30 g sugar
- 60 g bread flour
directions
- In a bowl combine the flour, butter, egg yolk, a splash of milk and sugar. Knead all ingredients to a firm dough. Chill for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile prepare the topping dough: beat egg yolks with sugar until light and foamy. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Gently fold egg white mixture and flour alternately into the yolk mixture.
- Roll short-crust dough on a lightly floured counter to a rectangle the size of the parchment paper lined baking pan. Cover the bottom of the pan with the dough, tap with fingers into place.
- Evenly cover the dough with grated apples, sprinkle with brown sugar, lemon zest, ground cinnamon and rum.
- Top the apples with the light topping dough and bake the pie in the oven at 200°C for about 45 minutes.
- Cool the pie in the baking pan, cut into equal sized square pieces and dust with powdered sugar (optional).
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Laka
Croatia
Food lover, wine and espresso drinker, chocolate addict. I love my family, my dog (when I have it) and my food processor. I cook every single day since I married and probably will until the day I die. I love to share my recipes that are straightforward to prepare, yet are exceptionally tasty and look so good. I hope you feel inspired by my recipes and that they find life in your kitchen!