Apple and Custard Pie with a Twist
Time: 1 hour+
Servings: 4-6
Difficulty: Medium
Ingredients
5 Granny Smith apples
3 tbs butter melted
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
8 Tbsp unsalted butter
3 Tbsp all-purpose flour
1/4 cup water
1 cup granulated sugar
2 sheets of filo pastry
Vanilla custard to serve
Icing sugar to dust
Instructions
Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in 3 Tbsp flour then simmer for 1 minute, whisking constantly. Whisk in 1/4 cup water, 1 cup sugar and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and continue simmering for 3 minutes, whisking frequently then remove from heat.
Peel and thinly slice 5 apples and place them in a large bowl. Sprinkle the top with 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon and toss to combine. Pour the sauce over the apples and stir to coat the apple slices.
Using a pizza cutter cut one piece of filo pastry to fit the base of the baking dish, then cut the second piece of filo into 4 strips the same width as the sides of the baking dish, and assemble into the dish pressing as you go. Then brush the base and sides with melted butter.
Bake at 230 degrees in the centre of the oven for 15 minutes. Reduce the heat to 180 degrees and continue baking for another 30 minutes. Remove from the oven a slice the glen into strips then arrange and press the sliced pieces into the top of the apples, brush with melted butter bake for another 15 minutes.
To make the lemon icing sugar mix together all the ingredients in a bowl until creamy, then add to a piping bag and pipe on top of pie.
Dust with icing sugar and serve with vanilla custard.
