Transylvanian apple pie
Description
If you have already tried countless apple pie recipes but haven’t tried the Transylvanian pie, today is the perfect time to do so. Watch the step‑by‑step recipe and delight your family and friends. It can be served with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
First, prepare the filling: peel the apples and remove the cores.
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Step 3
Slice the apples into thin slices, add raisins, 100 grams of sugar, and 5 tablespoons of rum or any other strong alcohol. Stir occasionally so that the apple filling becomes evenly soaked. In this form, the filling should be left for several hours.
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Step 4
Mix the flour, baking powder, a pinch of salt, 90 g of butter, and 60 g of sugar.
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Step 5
Grind everything into a fine crumb.
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Step 6
Line the bottom of a removable pan with parchment paper. Grease the pan with butter and dust with flour. Spread the crumble, distribute it evenly, and form a rim.
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Step 7
Spread the filling, bake in the oven at 200 °C for 30 minutes.
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Step 8
While the pie is baking, prepare the glaze. For this, whisk together 2 eggs, 40 grams of sugar and 30 grams of butter. Pour in all or part of the leftover apple juice and alcohol that remained from macerating the apples, and mix well.
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Step 9
Take the pie out of the oven.
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Step 10
Pour the prepared glaze over the cake and return it to the oven for 10–15 minutes.
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Step 11
Cool the finished pie, carefully run a knife or a kitchen spatula along the edges to release the pie.
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Step 12
Serve the pie chilled to room temperature; it looks very attractive and is also very tasty, with rum giving a special note to the flavor.