Mum's Apple pie

Hi everyone,
I have a great recipe for everyone today, my mum's apple tart. This is the tastiest tart I have ever had and the pastry is delicious. So follow the recipe and you will get a tart as good as my mum's (maybe).

340g flour

140g margarine

30g lard

115g caster sugar

1 Egg
3 large Brambly apples

1 Egg beaten

Cut up the margarine and lard into the flour and mix until it resembles fine bread crumbs.

Add the sugar and mix until combined.

Beat up the egg and add to the mix to bind it together. Once it has almost blinded together remove from the mixer and finish by hand.

Knead into a ball and wrap in cling film to chill in the fridge overnight.

Once your pastry has chilled overnight lift out of the fridge and cut in half, each half being the top and bottom of the pie.

Turn on your oven to 170C.

Sprinkle flour on to your worktop, give a slight knead then roll out pastry to desired size (this mix will fit a 9" pie dish). try not to roll out to thin as the pastry will break. About 1/4 centimetre is a good thickness. place the bottom half of the pastry into the pie dish.











For the filling peel and core the apples then cut into fine slices. Keep the slices in a bowl of water to stop them from browning.  Layer the apples with sugar in the pie dish.







Add the top piece of pastry when doing this wet the edge of the bottom piece and lay the top piece on the the pie. Using a fork indent the edges to ensure it stays together, also make a cut in the middle to let out steam.


You can decorate with the left over pastry if you wish. Then beat up the second egg and using a pastry brush coat the top of the pie, this will create a really nice shine when it has finished baking.







So I hope your tart turns out well and don't forget to like, subscribe and share.

Emma
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