Delicious apple pie tender

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a delicious tender apple pie? Prepare the products. The butter for the dough should become soft, so take it out of the refrigerator in advance. For this pie, it is better to use sour apples.

2. Step 2:

   

   Start cooking with the dough. How to make dough? Wash and dry the eggs. Divide them into yolks and whites. Put the proteins aside, they will go into the filling. Put the yolks in a bowl. Add soft butter to them. Rub the yolks with butter until smooth. You can use a fork, you can use a silicone spatula.

3. Step 3:

   

   Sift flour and baking powder to the egg-butter mass. It is important to sift the flour to saturate it with oxygen. Then the baking will turn out to be airy and will rise well when baking. Knead the dough. At first it will be convenient to do this with a spatula, then with your hands. You may need a little more or less flour than indicated in the recipe. Look at the consistency of the dough. It should become homogeneous and should not stick to your hands.

4. Step 4:

   

   As soon as this happens, immediately stop kneading — the shortbread dough may become stiff from prolonged kneading. Divide the dough into two parts — one larger, one smaller. Wrap them in plastic wrap or bags. Put the larger one in the refrigerator, the smaller one in the freezer for 30 minutes.

5. Step 5:

   

   Meanwhile, prepare the filling. How to make the filling? Wash and dry the apples. Cut them into quarters, remove the core, cut off the peel.

6. Step 6:

   

   Grate the apples on a coarse grater, put them in a saucepan. Add 50 grams of sugar and lemon juice to the apples, mix and put on a small fire.

7. Step 7:

   

   Boil the apples for about 15 minutes, stirring, until the liquid evaporates. Then cool the filling. You can add cinnamon, vanilla, nuts, chocolate, lemon zest to it to taste.

9. Step 8:

   

   Start whipping the whites with a mixer. When they climb into a light foam, start pouring sugar in portions. When all the sugar is added, continue whipping the whites to a smooth shiny mass and steady peaks.

10. Step 9:

    

    Assemble the pie. Take a baking dish, a small shape, d 18cm, is suitable for this number of products. For a larger mold, increase the amount of ingredients. Remove most of the dough from the refrigerator. Cutting off thin plates from it, lay out the bottom and sides of the mold with them, forming the basis of the pie.

11. Step 10:

    

    Put the apple filling on the sand base, level it with a spoon.

12. Step 11:

    

    Remove a smaller piece of dough from the freezer. Grate half of this piece on a coarse grater over the filling.

13. Step 12:

    

    Put the whipped whites on top. Rub the remaining half of the dough on them.

14. Step 13:

    

    Preheat the oven to 180°C. Bake the pie for 30-45 minutes, depending on the characteristics of your oven and its size. The dough on top should turn brown, and the meringue should become cream-colored. It will rise strongly at first, but then it will fall. Leave the finished cake in the cooling oven for 30 minutes with the door ajar and only then take it out and cool completely.

15. Step 14:

    

    When serving, you can sprinkle the cake with powdered sugar. Enjoy your meal!