[ale] [OT] Dutch Apple Pie recipe

[Swantje Willms]

James,
you are gonna have to bring one of these pies to the next meeting, with
appropriately shaped vent cuttings, of course! ;-)

On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Michael Barker wrote:

> Good things do come out of OT discussions. :-D
> 
> On Monday 22 July 2002 11:54 am, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > Dutch Apple pie is one of the "no official recipe" things. Most are of
> > the "deep dish" style. The major common factor is lots of cinnamon. A
> > favorite of mine, vent cuttings are shaped like penguins to make it
> > "list appropriate" is as follows:
> >
> > 1-1/2 recipes of basic 8' pastry dough
> > 2 Tbs lemon juice
> > 6 cups peeled, cored, sliced tart apples. (Granny smith)
> > 1-1/4 cups plus 2Tbs sugar
> > 1/8 tsp salt
> > 1/4 tsp nutmeg
> > 2tsp cinnamon
> > 3 Tbs flour
> > 4 Tbs butter at room temp
> > 1 cup heavy cream, whipped
> >
> > Use the lemon juice over the apples during prep to prevent browning. Mix
> > 1-1/4 C sugar plus salt, spices and flour, add to apples and lemon
> > juice. Spread fruit mix evenly into a 1-1/-2 qt baking dish.
> > Dot with butter.
> >
> > Roll out pastry dough to 1-1/2" overlap for dish top. Use a TUX cutter,
> > or steady hand with sharp, moistened knife, to cut 2-3 tux penguins out
> > for venting. Press pastry to edge of disk and flute with fork or
> > fingers. Use cutout penguins to decorate top crust. Sprinkle with
> > remaining sugar. Bake in preheated 450 F oven 10 minutes. Lower heat to
> > 350 F for remaining 30 minutes. Serve with whipped cream (or ice cream)
> > -----------------------
> >
> > 8" pastry
> >
> > 1C plus 2Tbs flour
> > 1/3 C shortening
> > 1/4 tsp salt
> > 2-3 Tbs cold water
> >
> > Mix flour and salt. Cut in shortening with pastry mixer or two knives.
> > Combine only until mix is course and mealy (small "peas" OK). Texture
> > will not be uniform. Sprinkle water a bit at a time and mix lightly,
> > until pastry hold together in a ball when gently pressed together. Let
> > rest in refrigerator for 30 minutes covered in plastic wrap. Makes one
> > 8" crust.
> >
> > ----------------
> > Penguin cookie cutters from Letchers. Alas, they are no more. Michaels
> > art and craft may have some now.
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