Are you ready to embark on a delightful baking adventure, creating a tantalizing treat that will transport your taste buds to the heart of French patisserie? In this article, we'll guide you through the art of crafting the perfect French apple pie, a culinary masterpiece that combines the rustic charm of apples with the decadent richness of flaky pastry. Together, we'll explore the secrets behind achieving that perfect balance of sweet, tart, and buttery flavors that make this dessert a true classic. From selecting the finest ingredients to mastering the techniques of rolling out the dough and assembling the pie, we'll provide you with a step-by-step roadmap to success.
Here are our top 7 tried and tested recipes!
MOM'S APPLE PIE I
My Mom makes the best Apple Pie I have ever tasted. Now I would like to share her secret with you. Serve with vanilla ice cream if you wish.
Provided by Rita Wittwer
Categories Desserts Pies Apple Pie Recipes
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (225 degrees C). Fit bottom crust into a 9 inch pie plate.
- In a small bowl, mix together sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Place sliced apples in a large bowl and sprinkle with sugar mixture. Toss until apples are thoroughly coated. Spoon apples into pan.
- Dot apples with butter or margarine, then sprinkle with whiskey. Cover with top crust. Seal edges and cut steam vents in top.
- Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes. Lower temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake an additional 40 minutes. Serve warm.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 396.9 calories, Carbohydrate 55.3 g, Cholesterol 7.6 mg, Fat 18.1 g, Fiber 4.4 g, Protein 3.3 g, SaturatedFat 5.6 g, Sodium 291.7 mg, Sugar 29.6 g
FRENCH APPLE PIE
This is a great recipe given to me by my Mother in law. This is my husband's favorite pie and I love making it for him. Even if you don't like raisins too much, they are not overwhelming.
Provided by Karen..
Categories Pie
Time 1h5m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Place one crust in a 9 inch pie pan.
- Mix apple slices and raisins and place in pie shell.
- Sprinkle with lemon juice.
- Mix remaining ingredients (not Icing) and sprinkle on top of apples and raisins.
- Dot with butter if desired and place 2nd crust on top.
- Crimp or flute edges as desired.
- Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 375 degrees and Bake 40 more minutes.
- When pie is cool, mix the icing and drizzle over the crust.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 492.8, Fat 15.3, SaturatedFat 3.8, Cholesterol 0.3, Sodium 311.3, Carbohydrate 89.3, Fiber 5.8, Sugar 58.4, Protein 4
TOM'S MOM'S APPLE PIE
Provided by Valerie Bertinelli
Categories dessert
Time 4h55m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- For the pie crust: Place the flour, granulated sugar and salt in a food processor. Pulse once or twice to evenly incorporate. Add the butter and lard and pulse until the fat is broken down into pea-size pieces, 5 to 6 pulses. Add the cider vinegar and 1 tablespoon of the cold water and pulse to combine. Continue adding a tablespoon of water at a time and pulsing after each addition until the dough just comes together (you may not need the full 1/3 cup water). Remove the dough from the food processor and form a third of the dough (about 9 ounces) into a disk. Form the remaining two-thirds of the dough (about 1 pound) into another disk. Wrap the disks in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
- Position an oven rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 425 degrees F.
- Remove the dough disks from the refrigerator and let sit at room temperature for 10 to 20 minutes to take the chill off.
- For the filling: Combine the brown sugar, granulated sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, salt, ginger and nutmeg in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Put the apple slices in a large bowl and stir in the sugar mixture and orange juice. Mix to combine.
- Dust a clean work surface with flour and roll out the larger disk of dough into a 13-inch round. Transfer to a 10-inch pie dish. Pour the apple filling into the shell and then evenly distribute the butter pieces over the apples. Roll out the second disk of dough into an approximately 11-by-10-inch rectangle. Cut the dough into six strips, about 11 inches long by 1 1/4 inches thick.
- Form a lattice top by laying 3 parallel dough strips vertically across the pie. Fold the middle strip of dough in half back over itself and lay one piece of dough horizontally across the middle of the pie, perpendicular to the other dough strips. Fold the original strip of dough back down. Next, lift the other two strips of dough and fold them back over themselves. Lay another strip of dough perpendicular to the folded-over dough pieces. Fold those pieces back down and repeat on the other side with the remaining piece of dough. Trim the dough around the edges of the pie dish so there is no more than a 1/2-inch overhang.
- Fold the bottom crust up and over the edges of the lattice top and crimp the edges together between your forefingers and thumbs. Place the pie on a baking sheet and transfer to the oven. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove the pie from the oven and cover the edges with foil or a pie crust shield. Return to the oven and continue to bake until the filling begins to bubble, another 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool at least 1 hour.
- For the mascarpone whipped cream: Combine the mascarpone, cream and confectioners' sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Beat on high speed until the mixture forms soft peaks and is thick. Serve immediately or store in the refrigerator until ready to serve. (This can be made the day before.)
- Cut the pie into slices and top with the mascarpone whipped cream.
IMPOSSIBLY EASY FRENCH APPLE PIE
Create tasty apple pie with a crisp, nutty topping the impossibly easy Bisquick® mix way! There's no crust to roll.
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 1h15m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat oven to 325°F. Grease 9-inch glass pie plate. In medium bowl, mix apples, cinnamon and nutmeg; place in pie plate.
- In medium bowl, stir remaining filling ingredients until well blended. Pour over apple mixture in pie plate. In small bowl, mix all streusel ingredients until crumbly; sprinkle over filling.
- Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Store in refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 335, Carbohydrate 49 g, Cholesterol 70 mg, Fiber 2 g, Protein 5 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 400 mg
DEEP-DISH FRENCH APPLE PIE
This French apple pie is full of apples. No sinking because you partially precook the apples to prevent shrinkage during baking. It is topped with a sweet crumble. My family's favorite.
Provided by Stacey Granger
Time 55m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Prepare pie: Combine apples, sugar, cinnamon, and ginger in a saucepan. Dissolve cornstarch in apple juice and add to apples. Heat over medium heat until juice thickens and is translucent and apples are slightly softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Do not overcook.
- Spoon apples into the pie crust using a slotted spoon (heap those apples in). Add juices until pie dish is full, but not overflowing, so it won't spill over.
- Mix flour and sugar for topping together in a bowl; cut in butter with a pastry blender until combined. Spread over filling. Do not pack in.
- Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly and browned and apples are tender, about 30 minutes. Let set and cool completely before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 636.8 calories, Carbohydrate 105.4 g, Cholesterol 48.8 mg, Fat 24.8 g, Fiber 4.3 g, Protein 2.7 g, SaturatedFat 13.7 g, Sodium 123.3 mg, Sugar 80.4 g
AMELIA'S FRENCH APPLE PIE
Make and share this Amelia's French Apple Pie recipe from Food.com.
Provided by bigherbncv
Categories Pie
Time 1h
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- PIE.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Combine all dry ingredients.
- Mix dry ingredients with apples and raisins.
- Pour into bottom crust.
- Sprinkle with orange juice.
- Dot with butter.
- Add top crust.
- Flute edges & cut steam vents.
- Bake about 40 minutes or until crust is browned.
- Cool before frosting.
- FROSTING.
- Mix sugar and butter.
- Add milk a tsp at a time until spreading consistency.
GRANDMA'S APPLE PIE
You'll elicit oohs and aahs every time you serve slices of this classic apple pie. The crisp crust is a nice complement to the tender apples.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h10m
Yield 8 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Line a 9-in. pie plate with bottom crust; trim crust even with edge of plate. Set aside. , In a large bowl, toss apples with lemon juice. Combine the sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg. Arrange half of the apples in pastry shell; sprinkle with half of the sugar mixture. Repeat layers. Dot with butter. , Roll out remaining pastry to fit top of pie; place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in pastry. Brush with milk and sprinkle with additional sugar. , Cover edges loosely with foil. Bake at 425° for 20 minutes. Remove foil; bake 30-35 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Serve warm if desired or cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 417 calories, Fat 17g fat (8g saturated fat), Cholesterol 18mg cholesterol, Sodium 229mg sodium, Carbohydrate 65g carbohydrate (36g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 2g protein.
Tips:
- Use a variety of apples. This will give your pie a more complex flavor and texture. Some good choices include Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, and Braeburn.
- Peel and core your apples thinly. This will help them to cook evenly.
- Don't overcrowd your pie crust. Leave some space between the apples so that they can cook properly.
- Brush the edges of the pie crust with milk or egg white before baking. This will help them to brown and become crispy.
- Bake your pie at a high temperature for the first 15 minutes. This will help to set the crust.
- Reduce the oven temperature after 15 minutes and continue baking until the pie is golden brown and the apples are tender.
- Let your pie cool for at least 1 hour before serving. This will allow the flavors to meld and the crust to set.
Conclusion:
French apple pie is a classic dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its flaky crust, tender apples, and sweet filling, it's sure to be a hit with everyone. So next time you're looking for a special treat, give this recipe a try. You won't be disappointed!
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