Monday Off: Apple Pie

okay, it's Thursday already, but I still like to share what me n Bebe did on Monday; when the shop is closed n we have this Monday off for family day. But this time GC got to finish some of his motorcycle stuff at various garage in town, so we decide to make something for him to eat when he got home :)

I'm not the best chef in the world but I LOVE to experiment. so I went off blogging through food blogs n found some recipes. I was having difficulty about conversions. how many exactly is, 2 1/2 CUPS of flour? my last conversion-trial went with hard cupcakes x( oh well, so it was a trial-and-error conversion until now, I guess. And now I get a new recipe with a more comprehensive measurement (for me, at least):

pie crust ingredients (yeah I made it from scratch :))

• 500 grams flour
• 150 grams butter, cut them into small pieces n put them on freezer around 1/4-1 hour
  
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoon sugar
• 4-8 tablespoon of cold water

directions:
1. mix flour, salt and sugar on mixer and set it on low speed. Add butter eventually. Add ice water 1 tbsp at a time, pulsing until mixture just begins to clump together. If you pinch some of the crumbly dough and it holds together, it's ready. If the dough doesn't hold together, add a little more water and pulse again.

2. Remove dough from machine and place in a mound on a clean surface. Gently shape into 2 discs. Sprinkle a little flour around the discs. Wrap each disc in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour, and up to 2 days.

3. Remove one crust disk from the refrigerator. Let sit at room temperature for 5-10 minutes in order to soften just enough to make rolling out a bit easier. Roll out with a rolling pin on a lightly floured surface to a circle (I was using a 25 cm pie plate); about 1/8 of an inch thick. As you roll out the dough, check if the dough is sticking to the surface below. If necessary, add a few sprinkles of flour under the dough to keep the dough from sticking. Carefully place onto a pie plate.

And now it's the apple filling ingredients:

• 100 grams sugar (or less, if you don't like it too sweet)
• 75 grams flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• pinch of salt
• 6 medium-sized apples, sliced into thin pieces
  
• 2 tablespoon of margarine

direction:
1. Heat oven in 180 °C (I was using a convection oven and set all heater - upper n lower) for 15 minutes.
2. mix sugar, flour, ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon and salt.
3. Insert apple slices, mix

4. Add filling to the pie

5. Roll out second disk of dough, as before. Gently place onto the top of the filling in the pie. Pinch top and bottom of dough rounds firmly together. Fold the edge of the top piece of dough over and under the edge of the bottom piece of dough, pressing together. Flute edges using thumb and forefinger or press with a fork. Score the top of the pie with four 2-inch long cuts, so that steam from the cooking pie can escape.

6. Bake at 180°C for 45 minutes or until the center seems set.

7. Allow to cool (difficult part, huh :))

8. Enjoy! :)

While baking, Bebe couldn't wait to taste the pie n I asked her to take a nap. After taking a good 2 hours nap, the apple pie is already cool down n ready to eat! I was just realized that it is a HUGE apple pie and wonders how can we eat it all. At least now I got a menu for a tea party with friends, or maybe for Carpe Diem Tattoo Studio's 3rd anniversary party next November! :)