American Apple Pie
An American Apple Pie is the ultimate comfort dessert — flaky, buttery pastry filled with tender apples, warm spices, and just enough sweetness to let the fruit shine.
Ingredients
- Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced · 5 pounds
- lemon juice · 2 tablespoons
- raw sugar · 3/4 cup
- Herbie’s Apple Pie Spice · 3 teaspoons
- sheets sweet shortcrust pastry · 2
- egg · 1
- raw sugar, for dusting · 2 tablespoons
Instructions
Our mixed spice does the trick nicely for an Aussie apple pie but we asked Herbie for a specific American apple pie spice blend to make an extra fragrant, spiced apple pie. Herbie’s Apple Pie Spice blend can also be used in an apple crumble or apple muffins.
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Combine apples, lemon juice, 6 oz sugar and apple pie spice and mix well.
- Place one sheet of pastry in a 10 inch pie dish, then fill with apples. Cover with second piece of pastry and brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with extra 2 tbsp sugar. Make 5 x 1 inch slits in the pastry top to let the steam escape.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes until crust is golden and apples are tender when pierced.
Jenny's Tip: - Serve warm with vanilla ice cream and Caress Cuvée Blanc.
Caress Cuvée Blanc
Caress Cuvée Blanc, as blended by Bill, is a White Châteauneuf-du-Pape, with a magnificent nose and delicious full mouth feel - an incredible breadth and depth of aroma and taste.
Gertie Gewurztraminer
Gertie is a limited production single-varietal Gewürztraminer wine from a single Russian River Valley vineyard.
