Cook and Drink

There is so much fun and creativity in baking! Just think about the aromas in your kitchen when you bake an apple pie, the positive vibes when you transfer it to a plate, the joy when sharing and eating it.
Baking can also be challenging, just think about techniques as tempering chocolate, but this apple pie is really simple. No spectacular ingredients and no complex skills required. Serve it with a cup of tea or coffee or as a dessert, perhaps with vanilla ice cream.

What You Need

The quantities depend on the size of your baking tin.

• (tart) Apples
• Cinnamon
• Butter
• Sugar
• Puff Pastry

What You Do

1. Place butter in a pan and melt
2. Peel, core and chop apples.
3. Add apples, cinnamon and sugar to the pan
4. Cook for 20 – 30 minutes, stirring from time to time
5. The compote should not be runny, perhaps you need to reduce
6. Allow for the compote to cool (room temperature is fine)
7. Preheat oven to 200 °C or 390 °F
8. Line a baking tin with puff pastry.
9. Use a fork to poke holes in the pastry
10. Peel, core and slice apples
11. Add compote to the baking tin, covering the bottom
12. Add the sliced apples 
13. Bake until golden

PS

Best is to use apples such as gala, granny smith, jonagold or braeburn. It may take a bit longer to make a compote with these apples, but they remain nice and firm when baking the pie.
Don’t use vanilla as ingredient of the compote. We feel it deteriorates the flavour of the apple. Cinnamon and sugar will be perfect.
If buying readymade (frozen) puff pastry, make sure it’s made with flour, butter, water and salt only.