# Classic Apple Pie

A classic apple pie recipe made with a simple pastry and a delicious apple filling, topped with a creamy custard.

- Total time: 55 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 6 apples
- 175 g butter
- 225 g flour
- 50 g sugar
- 1 orange zest
- 1 tbsp ginger
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 2 eggs
- 1 custard

## Instructions

1. Prepare the pastry by rubbing cold butter into flour until it looks like breadcrumbs. Then mix in sugar and two whole eggs.
2. Peel and chop apples into slices.
3. In a pan mix apples, orange zest, ginger, cinnamon, vanilla bean paste and sugar.
4. Divide the pastry into two equal parts. One part will be the base, and the other will be the lid. Cover both parts with cling film and chill in the fridge.
5. Roll out the base pastry and place it into a tart tin. Put the apple mixture on the base and roll out the other pastry to make a lid.
6. Mix the egg white with a little bit of water to make a glaze and paint the lid of the pie with it.
7. Bake in the oven for 50 minutes.
8. For the custard: heat double cream, add vanilla bean paste, whisk in egg yolks with caster sugar, and mix until well combined.

## Equipment

- oven
- whisk
- knife
- grater
- rolling pin
- pastry brush

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXR-9tYJsOw&list=LL&index=103
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/62578bc0-c237-4ee7-99fa-7363c28646c4
- Extracted: 2025-04-11

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