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A Classic French Apple Pie



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Ingredients


Apple tart

TARTE AUX POMMES L'AIR

Serves 6-8

200g / 7 ozs plain flour

pinch of salt

100g / 3½ ozs unsalted butter chopped

1½ table spoons vanilla sugar

700g / 1½ lbs apples peeled and thinly sliced

I used french golden delicious




How to make french apple pie

Sift flour and salt into a bowl add the butter and rub in until it resembles breadcrumbs

Stir in the sugar and enough water to bind together cover and chill for 30 mins

On a floured surface roll out the pastry and line a 25cm /10 ins round flan tin { loose bottomed } press well into the tin

Preheat the oven to 200c/ 400f/ gas6 prick the base of the pastry case. Bake for about 10 mins until lightly coloured

Arrange the fruit in the pastry case cook in the oven until fruit is almost tender.Sprinkle with sugar to taste and return to the oven for about 5 mins until the sugar melts and glazes the top you can serve warm or cold

This recipe for french apple pie comes from Angers in the Loire valley and instead of apples you can also use plums if you wish which is just as nice



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