Dutch apple pie
There is an apple tree in our communal garden, the tree is full of fruit this year and nobody seems to be bothered to pick it up. Ripe and rotten apples keep dropping to the ground and every now and then I hear a thump.
A friend was visiting and we decided to go and save some of the apples. We shook the tree and came home with a decent amount which we split between each other. As the apples were bashed I needed to cook them pretty fast so the following day with another friend we made an apple pie. Both of us used to live in Amsterdam and apple pie with whipped cream (or slagroom) is served in every brown cafe. The Dutch definitely know how to make it well spicing it with cinnamon and adding generous amounts of raising and sometimes nuts. If you do go to Amsterdam the best place to get the pie is in Noordenmarkt, never remembered the name of the cafe* but you will see people sitting outside because the place is always full, eating their delicious treat. *EDIT It’s Cafe Winkel.
Here is my recipe:
300g flour
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
160g sugar
200g butter
1 egg
1kg apples peeled and chopped/sliced
50g sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon
100g raising soaked in brandy
Optional: pistachios or hazelnuts
Heat the oven to 180 degrees C.
Combine all the dry ingredients, add butter and mix it till it resembles breadcrumbs. Add most of the egg, combine all the components till they form a ball. Remove a little bit of the pastry and put it into the fridge, this will be used for the topping.
Butter the baking tin, fill the bottom and the edges with the pastry. In a separate bowl combine the apples, drained raisins, sugar and cinnamon, put it all into the tin. With the remaining chilled pastry create strips and place them on top of the apples creating a check. Glaze with the leftover egg. Bake for 1.5-2h. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.
Enjoy!
Tags: Dutch apple pie
October 7th, 2010 at 4:09 am
Agus The cafe call Winkel … Ale bym zjadla kawaleczek Twojego wypieku xxx ;-)))
October 7th, 2010 at 4:21 am
Save me a piece!
October 7th, 2010 at 5:10 am
i ja tez!
October 7th, 2010 at 7:50 am
The first year we lived in Langdon Park, G and I seemed to be the only ones collecting apples from the communal orchard. But now word has got round, and we see lots of people out picking–residents and non-residents alike!
Feeling very inspired by your apple pie–mmm!
K x
October 7th, 2010 at 10:44 am
Weekend project! I cannot tell you how jealous I am that you have a communal apple tree. That sounds like a utopian place if you ask me. I’ve always made plain old american apple pie, I’m excited to give the dutch version a try.
October 7th, 2010 at 10:55 am
Aga, pewnie ze Winkel! dzieki za przypomnienie. Zapraszam na ciacho.
Marta: zapraszam takze!
Russell: I am not sure if it will last till next week, M is on the case!
Kristina: such a great thing to do, next I am braving the brambles next year.
Laura: it’s a very small apple tree so I am kind of lucky nobody else is interested. I never made the American version but it is surely on my list.
October 9th, 2010 at 11:23 am
Oh- YUM. This looks amazing! I hope to give it a try soon, thanks for posting the recipe!
October 13th, 2010 at 11:41 am
Yummy! That looks delicious.
October 18th, 2010 at 3:05 am
skirmishofwit: next time there will be some coming your way.