Triple Apple Pie

Ingredients

For 8 servings

• 300 g plain flour
• 12 g sugar
• 6 g salt
• 225 g cold unsalted butter
• 120 g ice water
• 1920 g apples, Honeycrisp, Pink Lady), sliced, Granny Smith
• 200 g sugar
• 3 g cinnamon
• 1 g nutmeg
• 1 g allspice
• 57 g unsalted butter
• 30 g plain flour
• 15 g lemon juice
• 1 piece egg, beaten
• Demerara sugar, for sprinkling

Method

1. 1

   Rub the butter into the flour, sugar and salt to pea-size crumbs, add the ice water and bring to a dough. Divide, wrap and chill 30 minutes.

2. 2

   Toss the apples with the sugar, spices and salt. Melt the butter, whisk in the flour, then toss through the apples with the lemon juice.

3. 3

   Roll one disc and line a 23 cm pie dish. Fill with the apples.

4. 4

   Roll the second disc, cut into strips and weave a lattice on top; trim and crimp.

5. 5

   Brush with egg and sprinkle with demerara sugar.

6. 6

   Bake at 190°C for 60–70 minutes, until golden and bubbling; cool before serving.