Apple Pie

Apple Pie

Short Crust Pastry

    225 gms flour

    115 gms butter (cold)

    1 tsp powdered sugar 

    2-3 tsp ice cold water to bind.

Apple Filling

    2 tsp cashew nuts

    4 apples- peeled and grated thickly

    1 tsp lemon juice, 1/3 cup Sugar

    1/2 tsp powdered dalchini.

Topping

    4 tsp cornflakes 

    2 tsp unsalted butter- softened

    2 tsp powdered sugar

1. Cut cold butter into tiny cubes. Add powdered sugar and butter to the flour. Mix with a fork.
2. Rub butter into flour with your fingers tips till it starts resembling bread crumbs.
3. Knead lightly  with ice cold water to form a dough.
4. Wrap in a damp cloth and keep in the fridge for 10-15 minutes.
5. Mix apple, lemon juice, sugar and cinnamon. Heat on slow fire for 5-7 minutes till pulpy and dry.
6. Roll out the pastry so that it is 1/8" thick and 4" bigger in diameter than the pie dish, such that is covers the base and the sides of the pie dish.
7. Grease a 9-10" pie dish. Spread the pastry in it. Pinch the sides. Prick the pastry lightly with fork. Bake at 200°C in a preheated oven for 15 minutes till golden.
8. Mix nuts with the prepared apple filling and arrange the filling over the pastry.
9. Mix all ingredients of the topping gently and sprinkle over the filling.
10. Bake for 10 minutes in a preheated oven at 200°C till the base turns light brown and lightly crisp.
11. Serve with ice cream or by itself.