First we knead the dough
For the test you will need:
- Wheat flour - 1.5 cups
- Butter - 125 g
- Cold water - 75 ml
- Salt - on the tip of a knife
The butter for the pie should be soft so that it can behad to be cut with a knife. You need to take it out of the refrigerator half an hour before cooking, cut it into pieces and leave it on the table. Dissolve salt in water. Pour flour on the table, put softened butter into the flour and chop with a knife until it becomes fine crumbs. If you want to do it faster, you can simply rub the flour and butter with your hands. Collect this loose mass in a mound and pour some of the water into the depression made at the top. Knead the dough, adding the rest of the water if necessary. Do not knead the dough for too long - it should look like large flakes glued together. Carefully gather everything into a ball, wrap it in film and let it lie in a cool place for about an hour. This dough goes well with any filling, but now we will talk about pies with caramelized apples.
Caramelize apples for filling pies
While the dough is resting, you need to prepare the apples. They have been waiting for their turn for a long time, and the apple aroma fills the kitchen with fragrance. You will need:
- 3-4 large apples
- Butter - 100 g
- Sugar - 100 g
- Vanillin or cinnamon if desired
Quarter the apples and remove the seeds andfilms. Then cut into fairly thick slices so that they remain whole during the caramelization process and in the pies. Squeeze lemon onto the finished slices and stir so that each of them is moistened with sour juice. This way they will not darken while they lie waiting for a sweet bath. Turn on the oven in advance - let it heat up to 180 ° C. Arrange the pieces of butter in a pie baking dish, sprinkle them with some of the sugar intended for the filling and put on the fire. Without waiting for the butter to begin to melt, arrange the prepared apples and sprinkle them with the remaining sugar, add cinnamon or vanillin if desired. There is no need to turn the apples over or stir them, so they need to be arranged as they will lie in the pie, lay out circles or a pattern of apple slices. Caramelize the apples over medium heat until the caramel turns golden and the aroma draws everyone in the house into the kitchen. Turn off the stove and move on to the pies. During this time, you need to roll out the dough that has settled on its sides into a flat cake, the diameter of which will be slightly larger than the diameter of the frying pan or mold by about 2-3 cm. Carefully, so as not to burn yourself, cover the caramel apples with this dough and tuck the edges down around the entire mold, as if covering someone with a blanket. Prick the dough frequently with a fork and place the pie in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes. Readiness is determined by the browned surface of the dough. Remove the mold from the oven and let the pie stand for about five minutes, then cover the frying pan with a flat plate or dish and quickly turn everything upside down - up! - and carefully remove the frying pan from the dish. This pie is great served warm, with ice cream or crème fraîche. Whipped cream would also go well with the pie.
Apple pie: a hasty recipe
Practical and always in a hurry housewives have no timespend time on exquisite French pies. But you can make a less labor-intensive version of a classic pie. First, let's work on the apples - caramelize them, let them cool slightly while you knead the dough. For the caramel, melt 50 g of butter and 50 g of sugar in a frying pan and put the prepared apples there. Stirring, caramelize them until golden brown, sprinkle with cinnamon. Remove the apples from the heat. Turn on the oven so that it warms up well - the pies need a temperature of 180 ° C. Prepare the dough for the pies For the dough you will need:
- Chicken egg - 2 pcs.
- Sugar — 1 glass
- Butter - 200 g
- Flour - 3 cups
- Vanillin - on the tip of a knife
- Baking powder - half a teaspoon
And also for filling the pie:
- Sour cream - 200 g
- Sugar - 50 g
- Chicken egg - 2 pcs.
- Flour — 2 tbsp. spoons
Grind eggs with sugar until the mixture turns white.Add softened butter to the bowl with the egg-sugar mixture and mix. Add flour, sprinkle baking powder on it and lightly mix it with flour. In different pies it is good to use baking powder from equal parts of soda and citric acid. Knead the dough of soft consistency. Put the dough in a greased form, distribute it evenly along the bottom and raise the sides along the edges of the pie. Put caramelized apple slices inside. Mix sour cream, flour, eggs and sugar. Pour this mass evenly over the apples in the pie. Put in the oven for 40-45 minutes. You can determine the readiness of the pies by piercing the edge with a splint - it should remain dry, without stuck dough. Let the pie cool a little. Enjoy!
