American apple pie

American apple pie is prepared on the basis of a crumbly short pastry, which also covers the top of the delicacy with a woven pattern. Probably, it is the American version of dessert that can be called the most picturesque, but not only the beauty made this apple pie so famous - wide variations in the taste of dessert open the field for experiments already experienced cooks.

American Apple Pie Prescription

Let's start with the most traditional version of the dessert, which consists entirely of shortcake, and as an excipient uses apple filling from a simple mixture of sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• flour - 245 g;
• butter - 110 g;
• ice water - 60 ml.

For filling:

• granulated sugar - 85 g;
• flour - 25 g;
• ground cinnamon , muscat - 1/2 teaspoon each;
• apples - 1.4 kg;
• butter - 45 g;
• raisins - 65 g.

Preparation

1. Since the sand test needs to rest in the cold before rolling and molding the pie, with its kneading, we begin the recipe.
2. With a blender or knife, turn flour and butter into crumbs, and then pour in ice water and collect the dough into a single lump.
3. Wrap the film, leave it on the shelf of the refrigerator.
4. Empty apples from the core and cut off the peel from them.
5. Cut the apples in thin slices, sprinkle with spices, sugar and flour, the latter will absorb the excess moisture that will be released from the apples when baked.
6. Add the raisins to the apple filling.
7. Roll 2/3 of the dough into a layer of equal thickness, lay it in a mold, spread the top of the filling and put pieces of oil on it.
8. The remaining third roll and divide into strips.
9. Lay the strips on top, twisting them with each other.
10. Bake the cake at 220 degrees 45-50 minutes.

American curd-apple pie

Americans rarely add cottage cheese to baked goods, and therefore this recipe can not be called authentic. In its framework, cottage cheese is not part of the filling, but is part of the test, making it more moist and friable.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• flour - 295 g;
• butter - 145 g;
• cottage cheese - 165 g;
• ice water - 145 ml.

For filling:

• apples - 940 g;
• brown sugar - 95 g;
• flour - 35 g;
• Ground cinnamon - 3/4 tsp.
• ground ginger, nutmeg - 1/2 teaspoon each;
• Butter - 55 g.

Preparation

1. Connect all the ingredients for the dough together in the blender bowl.
2. Obtain the wrapped wrap and leave it in the cold for the time of filling.
3. Slice the apples in thin slices, having previously removed the fruit from the core.
4. Combine the pieces of apples with herbs and sugar, add flour.
5. Divide the dough in half. Roll one of the halves and put it into the mold.
6. Distribute the filling over, put slices of butter and cover the pie with a second layer of dough.
7. Bake the cake at 190 degrees 40 minutes.

American apple pie made of sand and puff pastry

Within the pie recipe, a variety of types of dough can be combined with each other, getting new textures and tastes at the output. In this pie, we combine sand and puff pastry with a light nut-and-apple filling.

Ingredients:

• sheet of shortbread;
• sheet puff pastry;
• apples - 940 g;
• almonds - 75 g;
• butter - 55 g;
• granulated sugar - 55 g;
• Ground cinnamon - 3 tsp.

Preparation

1. The basis of the pie will be a sheet of shortcake, and therefore before you cook an American apple pie, thinly roll it and distribute it on the bottom of the mold.
2. For the filling, combine thin slices of apples peeled from seeds and peel with cinnamon, granulated sugar and chopped almonds.
3. Distribute the filling in a sand dough, top the pieces of butter.
4. Now roll the puff pastry and divide it into strips.
5. Twist the strips on the surface, and then put the cake in a preheated 190 degree oven for 40 minutes.