Emma aime in the Kitchen: Apple Pie

We had some apples that needed using up this week so I made a yummy apple pie. Its really easy to make and tastes great!

Ingredients:

Filling:

Apples

1 tsp cinamon

1 tsp ginger

1/4 tsp nutmeg

knob of butter

sprinkle of sugar

Pastry:

225g plain flour, sieved
110g unsalted butter
80g castor sugar
1 large egg, beaten

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees centigrade

Mix the flour and butter together to form bread crumbs

Mix in the sugar

Mix in the egg, knead together to form a pastry

Cover pastry and refrigerate for 30 minutes

Peal, core and cut up the apple

place in a pan with the spices, butter and a sprinkling of sugar and leave bubbling away on a low heat until soft

Roll out the pastry to 3mm and place in a pie tin cut off excess pastry

Fill tin with apple mixture then place on pie pastry lid

Bake on 180 centigrade for approx 30 mins or until a golden brown colour.