Shortcrust Apple Pie by Yulia Vysotskaya
Description
Homemade baking for tea. To make Julia Vysotskaya’s apple shortcrust pie you need only a minimal set of ingredients, but despite that the pastry turns out luxurious! The pie is tender, juicy, fragrant, and extraordinarily tasty! I wholeheartedly recommend it to all lovers of apple pies. For the filling, it’s best to use firm and juicy apples so they don’t fall apart during cooking and turn into puree. After baking, the pie should be cooled and placed in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. Of course you can just let it cool and serve it immediately, but when the pie sits in the fridge it becomes simply magical in taste! Try it
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare all the ingredients.
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Step 2
Pour the flour into a deep bowl.
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Step 3
Add the butter cut into pieces and sugar.
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Step 4
Rub everything by hand until it reaches a crumbly consistency.
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Step 5
Knead a soft dough, adding ice water as needed during the process.
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Step 6
Wash the apples, remove the core, and cut them into wedges. Drizzle with lemon juice so they don’t darken.
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Step 7
In a skillet, add 60 g of butter and 3–4 Tbsp of sugar. Heat for a couple of minutes and add the sliced apples. Simmer the apples until partially cooked, stirring gently for about 5–7 minutes.
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Step 8
Grease the baking pan with butter and spread the dough, forming rims on the sides about 1–1.5 cm high.
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Step 9
Place the apples (without juice) on top of the dough. The remaining juice from the apples will be needed a little later. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 30–40 minutes.
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Step 10
Then remove the pie and drizzle it with the remaining juice. Place butter pieces on top to taste and sprinkle the top with sugar. Put the pan back in the oven for another 5 minutes.
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Step 11
The sand cake with apples by Yulia Vysotskaya is ready. Let it cool, then carefully remove it from the pan and dust with powdered sugar if desired. It can be served at the table.
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Step 12
Done. Serve at the table.