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Apple Pie

Serves 120

Ingredients

  • 2.25kg x 5 tins apples
  • 3.2kg flour
  • 1.3kg margarine
  • 14 eggs
  • 680g sugar
  • 10g cinnamon
  • 450g sugar for top
  • 2 eggs for top

Method

1. Open tins of apples and drain

2. Sprinkle with a little sugar and cinnamon

3. Mix margarine into flour to form a crumble

4. Add sugar and eggs gradually until bind together to make a soft but firm dough mix.

5. Leave pastry to rest for 30 minutes

6. Roll pastry out 5mm thick to make bases for pies, and trim

7. Add apples evenly

8. Roll pastry on top of apples and trim

9. Mix 2 eggs together brush on a little of egg mix on tops and sprinkle with sugar

10. Bake in preheated oven at 200C for 25/30 minutes until golden brown

11. Serve with custard

Nutritional Analysis

Per portion (149g)

  • Energy: 290 kcal / 1219 KJ
  • Fat: 10.2g
  • Saturates: 0.3g
  • Protein: 3.8g
  • Carbohydrate: 48.6g
  • Sugars: 28.3g
  • Fibre: 2.0g
  • Sodium: 103mg

Per 100g

  • Energy: 195 kcal / 819 KJ
  • Fat: 6.8g
  • Saturates: 0.2g
  • Protein: 2.6g
  • Carbohydrate: 32.7g
  • Sugars: 19g
  • Fibre: 1.3g
  • Sodium: 69mg

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