Oh La La ... French... Apple Pie
- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
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Custard Filling
- 1⁄3 cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup milk
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 lbs tart apples (Cortland, Granny Smith, Pippin)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice, fresh
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1⁄8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 3⁄4 cup apricot preserves (may substitute thick jam)
- 2 pie crusts, unbaked
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 large egg yolk
directions
- Line 9" pie pan with crust, cover and refrigerate.
- In a small saucepan, combine 1/3 cup sugar and flour, mix well.
- Stir in milk and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens (1-2 minutes).
- In seperate bowl beat three egg yolks.
- Beat 1/4 cup of hot sugar mixture into the egg yolks.
- Pour the egg yolk mixture into the sugar-flour mixture, stirring to combine well.
- Add 1 tbsp butter and vanilla.
- Pour mixture into a bowl to cool.
- Core, peel and slice the apples, sprinkle with lemon juice.
- In a large frying pan heat 2 tbsps butter, 2 tbsps sugar, and nutmeg, add the apples and saute.
- Cook till almost tender (5 min).
- Remove from heat.
- Heat the apricot preserves in a small saucepan until melted.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Pour the custard into the pie shell.
- Arrange apple slices overtop of custard.
- Spread the melted apricot preserves on top of apple slices.
- Roll out remaining dough to form a 10" round.
- Cut the dough into 12 (1/2" wide) strips.
- Moisten the rim of pie shell with cold water.
- Arrange six dough strips across the pie filling, press the ends of the strips to the rim of the pie shell and trim.
- Arrange remaining strips at right angles to the first strips to form a lattice.
- Trim and crimp the edge decoratively.
- Mix egg yolk and 1 tbsp water together, brush on lattice to make crust glisten.
- (do not brush egg yolk on edge) Bake at 425 degrees for 40 minutes.
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