Best Polish Apple Pie Recipes

SZARLOTKA (POLISH APPLE PIE) image

Number Of Ingredients 12

for the filling
1½ kg apples, crunchy and not too sweet apples would be the best (peeled, cored, cubed)
½-1 lemon juice (depends how sour apples are)
2 tbs vanilla sugar
for sweet short crust pastry
2 cup plain white flour
100g unsalted butter (cold, chopped)
1/4 cup golden caster sugar
2 egg yolks (I used 3 small yolks)
4 tbs natural yogurt or soured cream
2 tsp baking poder
icing sugar to sprinkle - optional

Steps:

METHOD To prepare short crust pastry in a mixing bowl combine flour, butter, sugar yolks and some of the yogurt. Knead the dough with your hands till it creates smooth dough and is not falling apart any more. Add rest of the yogurt if necessary. Place in the fridge for about an hour. In meantime peel apples, core and cube them. Place in container with squeezed lemon juice, stir so apples are covered in lemon juice and won't turn brown. Fry them in deep frying pan till there is no more water, apples are starting to get soft but they are still almost raw. Remove from fire, add vanilla sugar and leave aside. Take out pastry from the fridge, cut off ⅔ and remaining ⅓ put back in the fridge. Cut dough into slices with knife, cover bottom and sides (about 3 cm tall) of the tin with the dough. With your fingers flatten the dough to cover all possible spaces in between pastry slices. Prick bottom with fork and place it in preheated oven to 180°C (356°F) for about 15-20 minutes. Dough have to get dry and start getting golden. Place apples on the top of the dough. Remove remaining dough from the fridge and cut it into stripes, cover top of the cake with them, but it does not have to cover exactly apples, some spaces in between stripes are ok. Put back to the oven for 25-30 minutes, top of the pie should be golden brown. Remove from the tin. Optionally dust with icing sugar. Serve warm or cold or even chilled. Make 6-8 servings.

POLISH APPLE PIE image

Categories Dessert

Number Of Ingredients 12

Steps:

To make crust, combine flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in butter. Combine sour cream and egg yolks and add to flour mixture. Mix dough and then knead lightly; form into ball and chill. dough and place them around your desired dish. Make sure to work the dough slices together with your fingers so there are no cracks. Once this step is complete, place the apple filling in. Finally, the last layer of the "szarlotka" is covered with a thin grated layer of dough on top and placed into the oven for 375 degrees for 45 minutes or until golden.