Apples on the snow: a classic recipe

Every home has its own favorite recipes,dishes that become part of family history and add to the treasury of good traditions that help us give warmth and joy to our loved ones. And this is wonderful, like everything that brings us closer to each other. The subtleties of preparing intricate salads, lacy pancakes, sweet pies, airy meringues are passed down from generation to generation, acquiring good memories. And it is even more pleasant to cook unfamiliar dishes, because each new recipe can not only inspire culinary creativity, but also suddenly acquire its own history. Today we want to share with you a recipe for a wonderful pie with the romantic name "Apples in the Snow". This apple-cream dessert with a delicate, melt-in-your-mouth filling will turn tea drinking into a small holiday. Maybe this recipe will take its place on someone's list of favorite sweets. Without a doubt, fruit pastries are good at any time of the year, but our pie will be especially good for a cold snowy evening, because cinnamon with apples is a very cozy, winter combination. In fact, what could be nicer than sitting by the window, behind which the snow and sleeping trees are drowning in the blue twilight, with a cup of tea and a piece of fragrant, spicy pie? There is nothing complicated in the recipe, and the delicious result will pleasantly surprise you.

Cooking pie

To bake this wonderful pie, we will need:

apples - 1 kg,
wheat flour - 3 tbsp.,
eggs - 2 pcs.,
butter - 150 g,
sour cream — 150-200 g,
sugar - 1 tbsp.,
apple jam - 4-5 tbsp,
vanillin - on the tip of a knife,
soda - ½ tsp,
cinnamon - ½ tsp.

Peel the apples and cut out the cores.Cut the pulp into thin slices and, pouring boiling water over it, set it aside. Making the dough Soften the butter (if desired, you can melt it and cool it to room temperature). Beat the egg yolks with half the sugar. Add flour, vanilla, butter, sour cream and baking soda, quenched with vinegar, to the egg mixture. Knead the dough thoroughly.

Cream Preparation

Egg whites together with the remaining sugarbeat until the foam becomes stable (to the state of hard peaks). Grease the baking dish with butter and carefully place the dough in it with your hands, forming small sides. Drain the water from the apple slices. Grease the sides with apple jam, place the apples on the dough and sprinkle with cinnamon, then pour in the protein mass and place our pie in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees. Bake for about 40 minutes. For the Apples in the Snow pie, you can also use cream prepared according to another recipe. For it you will need:

sour cream - 1 cup,
sugar - 1 tbsp.,
egg - 1 pc.,
flour - 2 tbsp.

All ingredients need to be mixed and whipped.Apples and sour cream are a very interesting and delicate combination, so this variation certainly deserves attention. This is a kind of "classic" version of the recipe, you can supplement or modify it based on your taste preferences and culinary imagination. For example, instead of cutting apples into slices, you can grate them on a coarse grater, mix them with chopped nuts or raisins, add dried cranberries to the filling, decorate the cream with delicate almond petals... If you think that the pie lacks expressiveness of taste contrasts, you can sprinkle the apples with lemon juice. Enjoy your tea and have a great mood!