Monday recipe: Apple, pear and cinnamon pie
This recipe has been adapted from a fruit mix my wife makes for our two year old. As with most of the dishes we prepare for him, this is one we look forward to showing him how to eat. It’s such a simple mix of flavours that I have long been planning to adapt it into something we can all enjoy. By making it into a grown-up pie, we’ve done just that.
You will need:
- 4 apples
- 4 pears
- Cinnamon
- 225g plain flour
- 110g caster sugar
- 110g butter
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp Disaronno
Make the pastry by combining the flour, sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla in a bowl. Keep bringing it all together until it forms a dough. Wrap in cling and refrigerate for about an hour.
Peel and chop the pears and apples and place in a large saucepan with the cinnamon, Disaronno (optional) and about 2 tablespoons of water. Give it all a good mix then cover and cook over a low heat until the fruit softens (but not so much that it breaks down). Leave to cool.
After the hour, divide the pastry into 2. Roll out the first portion and lay in a dish to form the pie base. Spoon in the fruit mixture. Then roll out the second portion and lay over the top. Cut two slits in the top to allow steam to escape and use any offcuts of pastry to decorate. Brush lightly with milk.
Place in a pre-heated oven (180C) for about 30 minutes.
