Dutch apple pie, like American, is baked in the form of for a cake on a thin cake with sides, on which they spread a thick layer of apple filling, boiled with lemon juice, sugar, butter and spices. Apples must be strong so as not to boil in mashed potatoes, or you can take strong and soft apples, then the filling will have a nice texture. Distinctive feature Dutch cake in its upper layer – a crispy streiser from test. Add walnuts to the shtreisel and it will become even more crispy and takes on a characteristic nutty flavor that goes well with apples and cinnamon. Share with friends: 
Time: 2 hours. Difficulty: Easy Servings: 6 – 8 The recipes use volumetric containers with a volume of: 1 glass (st.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (Art.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml
Ingredients for the recipe:
Dough
- 2.5 tbsp. premium flour + extra for work
- 4 tsp granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp fine salt
- 14 tbsp. l cold unsalted butter, chopped cubes
- 1 large egg, slightly beaten with 2 tbsp. l cold water
Filling
- 1.3 kg apples for baking, for example, Golden Delicious, Cortland or Mutsu
- 2 tbsp. l freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2/3 Art. granulated sugar
- 4 tbsp. l (60 gr.) Unsalted butter
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground allspice
- A large pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
Streisel
- 1 tbsp. premium flour
- 0.5 tbsp. light brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp fine salt
- 6 tbsp. l (90 gr.) Unsalted butter, room temperature
- 0.5 tbsp. chopped walnuts
Recipes with similar ingredients: shortbread dough, lemon juice, brown sugar, walnuts, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, apples, struzel
Recipe preparation:
- Dough: mix flour, sugar and salt in a food processor. Add butter and whisk until mixture reminiscent of yellow corn grits, with pieces of butter the size of a pea. Add the egg and mix on the pulse. until the dough converges in a com (if the dough is very dry, add 1 Art. l cold water).
- Lay out the dough, carefully form a circle out of it, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until fully cooling for at least 1 hour or up to 2 days.
- Filling: squeeze lemon juice into a medium-sized bowl. Peel and peel the apples, cut them in half and cut each half into 4 slices. Pour apples and sugar into bowl with lemon juice and mix.
- Melt in a large skillet over medium-high heat. butter. Add candied apples and cook, stirring until sugar dissolves and the mixture begins to boil, about 2 minutes. Cover, reduce heat to moderately weak and cook until the apples are soft and let go most of their juices, about 7 minutes.
- Throw apples into a colander set above a medium bowl size to collect all the juice. Shake the colander to apple as much fluid as possible came out. Pour the juice into the pan and cook on moderate heat until thickened and lightly caramelized, about 10 minutes.
- In a medium-sized bowl, mix apples with thickened juice, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. Leave completely cool down. Cooled filling can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 days or freeze for up to 6 months.
- Shtreisel: in a medium-sized bowl, mix with a whisk flour, sugar and salt. Add the butter and rub it into flour mixture with fingers until completely absorbed. Stir in the nuts.
- Place the grate in the lower third of the oven, place on it baking sheet and preheat the oven to 190 ° C. On lightly floured roll the dough disc into a circle with a diameter of 30 cm. Put it between pieces of parchment or wax paper on baking sheet and refrigerate for at least 10 minutes.
- Collect and bake the cake: put the dough in the mold for pie with a diameter of 22 cm. Fold and squeeze the edges in the desired way. Put the filling on the dough and distribute it to get a smooth layer. Squeeze handfuls of Shtreisel in your hands and spread it in lumps on filling to completely close it.
- Bake the cake on a heated baking sheet until golden brown, 50-60 minutes. Cool the cake for at least 3 hours before serving. on the grill. The cake can be stored, covered, at room temperature. during the day, or in the refrigerator for 4 days.
