Recipe: Apple Pie from Pies ‘n’ Thighs
Sarah Sanneh, co-owner of the Brooklyn restaurant Pies ‘n’ Thighs (which provides equal billing to fried hen and candy dessert), gives “Sunday Morning” viewers her recipe for a basic all-American deal with, and a stalwart on her menu: apple pie.
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Pies ‘n’ Thighs Apple Pie
Pie Dough
2¾ cups all-purpose flour
2 Tablespoons sugar
1¼ teaspoon salt
8 oz or 2 sticks European low water unsalted butter, cubed and frozen combined with
1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour
½ cup + 1 Tablespoon chilly faucet water
Egg Wash for Crust
1 egg
1 Tablespoon milk, cream or water
Directions:
Combine flour, sugar and salt collectively in a bowl.
Put your frozen, flour-coated butter within the bowl of your robotic coupe, together with 1 cup flour combine (you needn’t course of all the flour with the butter, simply sufficient so the butter does not stick collectively). Butter ought to be pebbly like a stoney seaside that is uncomfortable to stroll on (smaller than pea sized).
Pour the butter combine again into the flour and put the entire thing within the fridge to relaxation for at the very least 30 min.
Add ice water to your butter/flour combine. It ought to be barely hydrated. Rapidly smoosh into 2 balls. Wrap the balls tightly in plastic wrap. Power it collectively into a big disk (picture under) utilizing your tabletop. Your dough can be extra obliging while you wish to roll it right into a crust if it is beginning in a disk than a ball. Put dough disks again within the fridge for an hour to hydrate and chill. (See pen for scale.)
Apple Filling
2½ lbs Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored
1 cup sugar
⅓ cup gentle brown sugar
¼ cup delicate butter
¼ cup all-purpose flour
Beneficiant sprinkle kosher salt
10 grates on a microplane or ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
1 ½ teaspoon korintje cinnamon
Directions:
Flip your oven on to 350 levels F.
As soon as dough is completely chilled, roll it out giant sufficient to simply fill the underside of your pie pan (often they’re round 9″). Roll your high crust somewhat smaller than backside and (you guessed it!) allow them to relaxation within the fridge when you make apple filling.
Whereas dough is chilling, assemble your apple filling. Mix all elements in a big bowl and blend along with your palms.
Pull out your backside pie crust within the pan and fill along with your filling. Use your palms to easy the apples so there are not any sharp edges poking out and it is a easy stomach of apples. Attempt to hold the juices from spilling out of the crust or they may forestall the crusts from sealing collectively properly. Place your high crust on high and beginning on the high, gently easy it over the apples so it isn’t pulled tight to the underside crust. Seal the crusts by folding the underside excessive and pushing the folded edge collectively within the design of your alternative. You may press the sides along with a fork or push the sting up and use the lip to crimp along with your fingers. Dipping your fingers in flour helps a clear crimp.
Let the pie relaxation within the fridge for at the very least 30 minutes.
Stir an egg with a tablespoon of cream, milk, or water. Use a pastry brush or again of a spoon to calmly unfold egg wash (you will not use all of it!) over the crust. Sprinkle with sugar and put the pie within the oven instantly.
Bake at 350 levels for 45 minutes, or till the juices which have spilled out are caramelized. If juices look watery give it an additional 10.
Take pleasure in!!
For more information:
- Pies ‘n’ Thighs, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Pies out there by mail order
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