Breton Apple Pie
Description
It pairs perfectly with tea and coffee. If you're tired of the usual apple charlottes, make a Breton apple pie. It's beautiful, tasty, and impressive! It's quite easy to prepare if you follow the step‑by‑step instructions in the recipe. The pie is great because you can bake it practically year‑round, not just in summer, since apples are now a year‑round product. Serve it warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Place the flour, the salted butter cut into pieces, and the ice water into the blender bowl, and pulse into crumbs.
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Step 3
Gather the shortcrust pastry into a ball, shape it into a flat disc, and place it in the refrigerator while you prepare the filling.
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Step 4
Peel the apples, cut them into quarters, remove the core cavities, slice into thin pieces while preserving the shape of the quarters.
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Step 5
Prepare a mixture for glazing the pie before baking: melt the butter, add 1 tsp of brown cane sugar, a pinch of cinnamon, and mix.
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Step 6
Roll out the dough on a baking sheet. To help the dough roll out more easily, cover it with another sheet of parchment on top. Sprinkle the surface of the dough with brown sugar.
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Step 7
Cover with parchment paper and roll it with a rolling pin.
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Step 8
Arrange the apples on the dough, preserving the shape of the quartered slices. Fold the edges of the dough, using parchment paper for assistance.
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Step 9
Brush the pie with a mixture of butter, sugar, and cinnamon. Bake the pie in the oven at 180 °C for about 45 minutes.
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Step 10
Transfer the cooled pie onto a plate; if the apples were not sweet enough, the pie can be dusted with powdered sugar. It turned out to be a beautiful and delicious Breton apple pie.