So here is the apple pie I made with our foraged apples... I came up a bit short since the apples were smaller than usual so I just pulled a few from the fridge. Apple pie is pretty easy.
The crust is 1 cup of shortening, 2 cups of flour, a dash of salt, and enough cold water to make it moist enough to roll out.
The filling is just apples, a bit of sugar, cinnamon, all spice and voila!
Now... for a bit more pizazz here's a few hints to make it memorable.
- add extras to the apple filling like coconut, walnuts, almonds. Adds some nice new flavours.
- use canape cutters to cut out small hearts, pumpkins, leaves etc from the top of the pie crust. The hole makes a great vent from steam and the cut out pieces make nice decorations on top.
- apple pies can be frozen before cooking. Just wrap in plastic wrap and tin foil and place in freezer. When ready to bake let it de-thaw for a few hours on the counter and then bake as normal. I always make a few apple pies and apple crisps at this time of year and freeze them. Nothing tastes better than fresh apple pie in January!
Enjoy apple season! One of my favourite times of year!
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