David Simpson
Is a Chef who work’s in Dobbins Inn, who set up a facebook group to help people bake during the Covid-19 Lockdown.
David set up a facebook group to help people with their baking during isolation. The page now has over 40,000 members in a few days. The group is called Home cooking recipes isolating chef
David has shared some of his Recipes with us:
HOME MADE APPLE PIE
A comforting, traditional dish where simplicity is the key to success – one your granny would be proud off.
Cook Time 1 hour
Ingredients
- 300 g wheat flour
- 54 g caster sugar
- 8 g vanilla sugar
- 250 g butter cold
- 8 g of baking powder
- 1 egg size M, cold
- Apple filling
- 1.5 kg apples
- 6 g cinnamon
- 6 g sugar
Instructions
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Additionally: powdered sugar for sprinkling (optional)
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Prepare a shortcrust pastry:
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From flour, sugar, vanilla sugar, butter (cut into small pieces), eggs and baking powder, knead the uniform dough with your hand or a stand mixer on slow
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Form a ball from the dough, slightly flatten it and wrap it in cling film. Put in the fridge while preparing apple filling
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Prepare apple
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Wash, peel and remove apples, cut into small cubes or grate. Mix with 2 tablespoons of sugar and 60ml of water, cinnamon into the pan cook out the apple 10 mins and allow to cool .
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Put half the dough on the bottom of the tray Lay out apple filling , roll out the dough for the top
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Bake in a preheated oven
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for about 50-60 minutes, until the dough browns nicely, at 180 ° C
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Leave the apple pie to cool. Before serving, you can sprinkle with powdered sugar on top
