Apple & ginger pie with walnut pastry is a dessert that serves 8. One portion of this dish contains roughly 4g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 433 calories. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from BBC Good Food requires sultana, butter, golden caster sugar, and flour. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 35 minutes.
Instructions
1
For the pastry, put the flour and butter in a bowl, and use your fingertips to rub together until they resemble breadcrumbs.
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Breadcrumbs
Butter
All Purpose Flour
Dry Seasoning Rub
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Bowl
2
Add the sugar, ground walnuts, lemon zest and a pinch of salt, and mix together.
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Lemon Zest
Walnuts
Sugar
Salt
3
Add the egg yolk, then work into the pastry to combine, until you have a smooth dough. Wrap in cling film and chill for at least 1 hr.
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Egg Yolk
Dough
Wrap
4
For the filling, soften the apples, sugar and ginger in a pan for about 5 mins, then stir in the flour but dont cook all the way through as it will continue to cook in the oven.
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Apple
Ginger
All Purpose Flour
Sugar
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Oven
Frying Pan
5
Add the Calvados and sultanas, then leave to cool.
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Calvados
Golden Raisins
6
Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas
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Oven
7
Fill a large (23cm) pie dish thats about 5cm deep with the apple mixture and brush a little beaten egg around the edges. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pastry to fit the top of the pie.
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Apple
Roll
Egg
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Pie Form
8
Put the lid on top and trim any excess; trimmings can be used to decorate the top. Use your fingers to pinch and crimp the pastry all the way around the edge and use the egg to glaze the top.
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Glaze
Egg
9
Cut 3 little slits to let the steam out.
10
Bake for 40-45 mins until pastry is crisp and golden.