A Dutch apple pie. An extra ordinary one. A recipe from one of the cook books, that inspired my grand dad.
It's kind of sad for the girls, because this pie, we'll bring it to the neighbours. Happen to be our Moroccan landlords. They were so good to us the last months when we needed trustful doctors and dermatologists for my youngest daughter. Thanks to his network my daughter is the only European girl visiting the Military Hospital of Rabat. As things are going very well with her and we feel so grateful, we thought of (thanks) giving something personal.
This apple pie is totally home made, with apples from the apple trees closed to Meknes, dried Moroccan raisins, butter and eggs from the local dairy market, natural brown caster sugar (imported) and local flour.
Apple Pie (form with diameter of 20 cm)
150 gram (cold) butter
250 gram flour
1 whipped egg
125 caster sugar
500 gram apples: in small slices
eventually 50 gram sugar, cinnamon
50 grams of dried raisins
Put flour, butter, caster sugar and half of egg in bowl. Cut butter in small pieces with two knifes.
Obtain an elastic dough ball, with cool hand.
Butter oven form.
Push 2/3 of the dough on bottom and along the sides of the form.
Put slices of apple, together with the raisins on the dough. Eventually add the 50 gram of sugar and a teaspoon of cinnamon.
Roll out last 1/3 of the dough: cut out long stripes and decorate the apples with these.
Finishing touch: brush the dough with the egg, gives the pie a nice colour when baked.
Oven: 175% Celsius during 45 minutes. The pie will be fine when coloured golden brown.
It's kind of sad for the girls, because this pie, we'll bring it to the neighbours. Happen to be our Moroccan landlords. They were so good to us the last months when we needed trustful doctors and dermatologists for my youngest daughter. Thanks to his network my daughter is the only European girl visiting the Military Hospital of Rabat. As things are going very well with her and we feel so grateful, we thought of (thanks) giving something personal.
This apple pie is totally home made, with apples from the apple trees closed to Meknes, dried Moroccan raisins, butter and eggs from the local dairy market, natural brown caster sugar (imported) and local flour.
Apple Pie (form with diameter of 20 cm)
150 gram (cold) butter
250 gram flour
1 whipped egg
125 caster sugar
500 gram apples: in small slices
eventually 50 gram sugar, cinnamon
50 grams of dried raisins
Put flour, butter, caster sugar and half of egg in bowl. Cut butter in small pieces with two knifes.
Obtain an elastic dough ball, with cool hand.
Butter oven form.
Push 2/3 of the dough on bottom and along the sides of the form.
Put slices of apple, together with the raisins on the dough. Eventually add the 50 gram of sugar and a teaspoon of cinnamon.
Roll out last 1/3 of the dough: cut out long stripes and decorate the apples with these.
Finishing touch: brush the dough with the egg, gives the pie a nice colour when baked.
Oven: 175% Celsius during 45 minutes. The pie will be fine when coloured golden brown.