American Apple Pie: A Traditional Recipe
'23.09.2017'
ForumDaily Woman
Apple pie is not only a classic of American cuisine, it is a piece of the heart of every US citizen. Even the phrase itself is associated with comfort, warm and quiet family happiness. Weekend morning is ideal for making a homemade cake according to the classic recipe.
The origin of the apple pie is legendary. They say that he was adored by the wife of George III Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitzkaya (hence, according to one of the legends, the word "charlotte"). The first recorded version of the recipe dates back to 1390 by the chef of King Richard II. In that recipe, there was not even sugar due to the inaccessibility of this product even for royals, and the pastries, more likely, resembled pudding. The Americans made their own contribution to the recipe: they began to add butter to the dough, and lemon zest, lemon juice and a spoonful of fragrant rum to the filling. In the XNUMXth century, the pie became one of the symbols of the United States. Baking it is not at all difficult.
Cooking time: around 1,5 hours - 30 minutes to prepare and 1 an hour to bake. Output: six servings.
Ingredients for form 22, see.
For the dough:
- 2,5 cups of flour (approximately 300 g);
- 200 g frozen unsalted butter;
- ¼ cup ice water;
- 1 tablespoon of sugar;
- 1 a teaspoon of salt.
For apple stuffing:
- 8 large apples of solid green varieties (for example, Granny Smith);
- from ¾ to 1 cups of sugar to taste (it is better to take brown);
- lemon peel and juice 1;
- ½ to 1 teaspoon of cinnamon to taste;
- ground nutmeg on the tip of a knife;
- 2 tablespoons of flour.
Preparation
- Heat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit (190 Celsius).
- Mix flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Using a grater, rub there the frozen butter and rub with a dry mixture with your fingers. Add ice water and knead until the dough is rolled into a bowl.
- Cut the resulting ball into two parts - 2 / 3 and 1 / 3, each wrap cling film and put in the refrigerator for 30 minutes (maybe longer).
- While the dough is cooling, remove the peel from the apples, cut them into slices and cover with lemon juice. Pour sugar, cinnamon and flour, add lemon zest and nutmeg. Mix the filling carefully and thoroughly.
- Take the prepared dough out of the refrigerator and leave on the table - it should warm slightly.
- 2 / 3 test roll out and put it in a greased, deep shape, filling out the sides with your fingers. Spread the stuffing in the resulting "container" from the dough.
- Separately, roll out the rest of the dough, you can cut out drawings from it or cut into strips and weave a mesh. Cover the cake with this part and pinch the edges. Even if you don't want to mess around with the drawing, you need to make holes in the “cap”.
- Grease the surface of the product with egg yolk, you can lightly sprinkle with sugar.
Bake until the dough turns red and the juice starts to boil slightly in the holes of the cake. It usually takes about an hour.
Allow to cool slightly, so that the filling has a pleasant, thick texture. The cake is beautiful as warm as, for example, with ice cream or milk, and in the cold - with cocoa, coffee, tea and other favorite drinks.
