Apple Pie with Cheese Crust

Baking and Desserts | Italian cuisine

⏳ Time

1 hour 30 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

Apple Pie with Cheese Crust

Ingredients

Wheat Flour - 7.9 oz
Cheshire Cheese - 2.6 oz
Butter - 1.8 oz
Vegetable Oil - 1.8 oz
Apple - 4 lbs
Semolina - 1 tablespoon
Golden caster sugar - 2.6 oz
Ground clove - 12 pieces
Chicken Egg - 1 piece

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Sift the flour into a bowl, leaving some flour to dust the table, add the butter and vegetable oil, rub together, add the grated cheddar, and mix in 3 tablespoons of water. Knead the dough. Place the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Step 2

Peel the apples, remove the cores, and slice them.

Step 3

Roll out a third of the dough into a circle, and roll out the remaining dough into a larger circle.

Step 4

Use the smaller circle to line the bottom and sides of the pie dish, sprinkle with semolina, and layer the apples, alternating with sugar and cloves.

Step 5

Brush the edges of the dough in the dish with beaten egg, cover the pie with the larger circle, pinch the edges together, and trim.

Step 6

Use the scraps of dough to make decorations for the pie: flowers, leaves, braids, etc. Decorate the pie with them.

Step 7

Make a small hole in the center of the pie, brush the pie with beaten egg. Bake for 10 minutes at 428°F, then reduce the temperature to 374°F and bake for another 45 minutes. Remove the pie from the oven and let it stand for 20 minutes.