This one came about after our recent trip to a local apple picking farm and was a bit of an experiment as the apples were an unknown quantity. They looked like a good cooking apple (firm and green), only to turn straight to mush after just a few minutes in the pot...
So Plan B was quickly enacted - make a pie without cooking these apples first, and add a bit of the 'apple mush' to the mix near the end- perfect!
Peach and Apple Pie
| Pantry MUST Haves For the Pastry: 1 cup flour 100gms (1 stick) butter (cold) 1/4 cup sugar 1 egg Approx 1 TBspn water For the Filling: 4 firm cooking apples eg Granny Smith 2 ripe peaches 2 Tbspns honey 2 TBspn lemon juice 1 tspn cinnamon For the Topping/Crumble Mix: 1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup oats 2 Tbspns brown sugar 75gm (3/4 stick) butter 1 tspn cinnamon zest of 1 lemon 2 Tbspns chopped walnuts/pecans | Sift flour and rub in butter in small pieces til it is like breadcrumbs. Add sugar, egg yolk and water and mix to form a dough. Chill in fridge for 30 mins... Slice apples and precook very slightly in a small amount of water,lemon, cinnamon and honey. Press chilled pastry into a greased pie tin. Pour in apple filling and then add sliced peaches. Top pie with crumble mix (mix all topping ingredients together in a small bowl, rubbing in butter) and bake for approx 25 - 30 mins at 350F (180C). |