Apple pie on shortbread with meringue

Time:

1h 30 min

Serves:

Level:

Intermediate

About the Recipe

The 2020, was quite difficult year to entertain kids. But we find a way. Every week, me and my beautiful kids went to a variety of different farms to learn about animals and vegetables, and fruits. We would also pick up apples and other crops, and then cooked with them, or bake.

This apple pie has generous amount of apples mixed with sweet raspberries topped with a perfect meringue. Can be serve with ice cream or whipped cream and of course Polish style with coffee or tea - for the best apple pie you’ve ever tasted.

Ingredients

For the short bread dough

3 cups of flour
1 tbsp of baking powder
1 bag of vanilla sugar (or a 1 tsp of vanilla extract and 1 tbsp of sugar)
8 oz of soft butter
1 tbsp of olive oil
5 yokes

For the filling

8-10 apples
6 oz of raspberries
1 tbsp of cinnamon
1/4 tsp of cardamon

For the meringue

5 egg whites
1 cup of sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 F (180C), and butter a baking pan 9x13.

Peel and grade the apples (use the big holes of the grader). Set it aside. The apples will produce a lot of juice, squeeze them with your hands, strain the juice & then DRINK IT!

Step 2

Separate the yolks from the whites. Put the egg whites in a mixer, add a pinch of salt and start the mixer. Mix it for a few minutes, until it is light and fluffy, add the sugar. Beat it for a few minutes, until it is stiff. Make a test, by turning the bowl upside down, if the whites do not come out they are perfect.

Step 3

Sift the flour though the sifter, add baking powder, butter, vanilla sugar, egg yolks and olive oil. Knead the dough until you can make a ball (about 10min). Rip from the ball a small part and set it aside.

Step 4

Take the big ball of dough and spread it on the buttered pan, on the bottom and sides. It should be about 1 cm (0.3 inch) thick, and half way up on the baking pan walls.

Take the shredded apples, spread on top of the dough. Sprinkle on top of it cinnamon, cardamon. Add the raspberries. Put the meringue on top of the fruits and grate the small ball of dough that was put aside.

Step 5

Put the pie in the oven, for 1h. After an hour check if the meringue is hard, by gently tapping on top of it. Turn the oven off and leave the pie for another 15-20 minutes, to prevent the meringue from cracking.