Lattice Apple Pie

Try one — or more — of these variations on the classic dessert this season, and you may just start your own family homemade apple pie tradition.

Turn the oven off 5- 1. It will retain plenty of heat during this time and will continue to cook your pie to perfection. Keep the oven clean. Grease and little pieces of burnt food in the oven can absorb the heat and make the oven less efficient.

Keeping the glass clear also gives you a sneak peek while baking. OK I can’t lie, my oven needs a clean, but my oven door was clean enough to see through to my pie)! There’s no need to pre- cook the apple slices when making apple pie. Simply bake them with the pastry and they’ll still turn out lovely and soft, plus you’ll have saved the energy you would have used when stewing them first.

I made my apple pie with a lattice topping to enable the whole pie to be made from just one sheet of puff pastry making it economical with both your money and time as you only need to roll out the trimmings to make a pastry rim and apple decoration if you use a lattice pastry cutter. I chose to flavour the apples with light soft brown sugar for a caramel note, plus cinnamon, mixed spice and vanilla for a lovely depth of flavour.

My family loved my apple pie so I do hope you give it a try and be mindful of saving energy when you do! Did you know that a smart meter is an easy way of keeping track of energy use in real time, thus avoiding any unexpected bills?

You can get them installed for free as part of the government’s plan to reduce carbon emissions! I’m off to tell my husband all about them as he loves saving money! If you do make my Spiced Apple Lattice Pie during British Pie Week I’d love to see it, you can use @fabfood. British. Gas and #Smartas. Pie #British. Pie.

Week to share your creation and I’ll happily give it a RT: -)Spiced Apple Lattice Pie. Author: Camilla. Recipe type: Dessert. Cuisine: British. I used a mix of Braeburns & Pink Ladies)1 tbsp freshly squeeze lemon juice (to prevent browning)½ tsp cinnamon¼ tsp mixed spicescraped seeds of 1 vanilla pod (or 1 tsp vanilla paste/extract)a few grinds of salt. Preheat the oven to 1.

C. Fill a bowl with enough water to cover your apples and add the lemon juice. Peel, core, quarter and thinly slice the apples, placing the slices in the water as you do to prevent them browning.

Mix the cornflour, vanilla seeds (if using extract wait for next step), cinnamon, mixed spice, salt and sugar until well combined. You might want to used your fingers to distribute the vanilla seeds)Drain the apple slices and spin dry in a salad spinner if you have one, otherwise pat dry with a clean tea towel.

Pour the cornflour mix over the top of the apples and mix well. If using vanilla paste or extract now is the time to add this. Unroll the puff pastry (keeping the paper in place) and give it a few rolls with a rolling pin to make it a little deeper (not longer). Chicken In Crock Pot.

Place a 2. 0 cm upturned pie plate on top of the left hand side of the pastry sheet leaving about 1cm of pastry either side and cut with a knife to leave about ⅓ of a sheet to the right. Now place the square of pastry sitting under your pie plate into your pie plate and pat in using your knuckles. Hold the pie plate in your left hand and using the back of a sharp knife, cut away the excess pastry. Roll out the excess pastry to a rectangle and cut 1. Dab the strips with water using a pastry brush and line the rim of the pie plate with as many as needed (I used 3).

Re- roll the last bit of pastry and cut out a small circle, fashion it into an apple shape and cut out a couple of tiny leaves with a knife and score on veins. If you want)! Place the apples (and the juices that they will now have produced) into the pie dish and arrange neatly. With the remaining ⅓ of pastry, roll a lattice pastry cutter over it (and again down the side where you’ve missed) make use you roll fully from one end to the other. If you don’t have a lattice pastry cutter, just cut thin strips of pastry and weave or criss cross over the pie). Wet the rim of the pie with a pastry brush. Pick up the scored pastry (which might stick to the paper so yell for help at this point, or if none available just upturn the pastry onto the middle of the pie and gently peel off the paper).

Tease out the lattice over the pie by placing a knife underneath and gently pull apart the lattice from either side. Then trim the excess pastry using the back of a knife. Brush the back of the pastry apple and leaves with water and lay on pie. Brush the pastry lattice and apple decoration with egg wash and then sprinkle with granulated sugar. Place the pie on a baking sheet and bake on the bottom shelf of oven for 2. C. Then turn the oven down to 1. C and bake for about another 5.

Towards the end of baking you’ll need to cover the pie loosely with foil to prevent burning (my pie needed covering in the last 1. Close the oven door as soon as you have removed the pie to retain the maximum amount of heat.

Lattice Peach- Apple Pie Recipe - Betty. Crocker. com. 1. In medium bowl, mix 2 cups flour and the salt. Cut in shortening, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until particles are size of small peas. Sprinkle with cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost cleans side of bowl (1 to 2 teaspoons more water can be added if necessary).