Apple pie

Name: Apple pie
Cook time: 160 min
Total time: 160 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: PASTRY; 250g unsalted butter (cold), plus extra for greasing; 350g plain flour, plus extra for dusting; 1 tablespoon golden caster sugar; FILLING; 1.5kg apples (I like a mixture of Bramley, Russet, Braeburn, Cox and good old Granny Smith); 1 blood or regular orange; 1 vanilla pod; 100g dried cranberries; 100g light brown muscovado sugar; 1 good pinch of ground cinnamon; 1 tablespoon cornflour; 25g unsalted butter; TOPPING; 1 large free-range egg; 10g demerara sugar

Sour cranberries, bood orange, vanilla & cinnamon

2 hrs 40 mins plus chilling & resting

Not Too Tricky

serves 8

About the recipe

I love cooking a nice apple pie, and this is my super-solid, go-to, classic recipe. Of course you can embrace other seasonal fruit, such as pears and quince, but it’s really good to always keep in the sour cranberries to contrast the fresh fruit.

Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook, p226

nutrition per serving

Calories

25%

Fat

37%

Saturates

79%

Sugars

38%

Salt

Protein

10%

Carbs

25%

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook

By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

PASTRY

250g unsalted butter (cold), plus extra for greasing

350g plain flour, plus extra for dusting

1 tablespoon golden caster sugar

FILLING

1.5kg apples (I like a mixture of Bramley, Russet, Braeburn, Cox and good old Granny Smith)

1 blood or regular orange

1 vanilla pod

100g dried cranberries

100g light brown muscovado sugar

1 good pinch of ground cinnamon

1 tablespoon cornflour

25g unsalted butter

TOPPING

1 large free-range egg

10g demerara sugar

Method

Find the recipe!

For the full recipe, head to page 226 of Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook.

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Pie Dessert Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook

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