Pie
Description
Homemade baked goods for tea. If you have never baked an apple pie before, I highly recommend you do it. I am 100% sure that you will like it for its flavor and simplicity of preparation. Watch the step‑by‑step recipe and enjoy cooking.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Melt the butter, add the egg yolk (reserve the white for making meringue), 2 tablespoons of sugar, a pinch of salt, sour cream, and baking powder, and mix.
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Step 3
Add the flour, knead the dough.
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Step 4
Prepare a baking pan, line the bottom with parchment paper.
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Step 5
Place the dough on the bottom of the pan, smooth it out, create low edges, and prick the bottom with a fork.
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Step 6
Mash the cottage cheese with sugar, add a packet of vanilla sugar. If the cottage cheese is grainy, it's better to sift it through a sieve.
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Step 7
Spread the cottage cheese filling onto the dough.
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Step 8
Core the apples, slice them thinly.
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Step 9
Place the apples on top of the cottage cheese filling. If the apples are sour, you can sprinkle them with sugar, add cinnamon to taste. Put it in the oven and bake at 180 °C for 20–25 minutes.
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Step 10
While the pie is baking, prepare the meringue. Beat the egg white with a pinch of salt.
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Step 11
Add 2 tablespoons of sugar and a teaspoon of lemon juice to the beaten egg white.
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Step 12
Whisk the egg white with sugar until peaks form.
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Step 13
Take the pie out of the oven (do not turn off the oven).
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Step 14
Spread the meringue over the cake, using a silicone spatula make small waves. Put the cake back in the oven for another 7–10 minutes.
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Step 15
Transfer the finished pie onto a serving plate.
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Step 16
The pie turned out tasty and very tender, simply a delight!