Pies

Pie in the Sky

Ingredients - serving 4
8 Apples
500 gr. Short Pastry
2 Cups Lemon juice
1 Cup Sugar
2 Tbs Butter or Margarine
1 Tbsp of Flour
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
Milk or Liquid Whipped cream
Nutmeg

The quantities proposed by the recipe are enough to prepare one double "crust" of pastry.
Peel apples, cut thin, sprinkling with a cup and half of lemon juice.
In a large bowl, put a cup of sugar, a tablespoon of flour, a pinch of nutmeg, half teaspoon of cinnamon, adding all to the apples.
Leave to rest while you prepare the pastry pie or overnight
Place half pastry in a baking-pan , put the apples on, making a heap in the centre.
Pour the remaining lemon juice.
Sprinkle with butter or margarine flakes. Set the superior crust, cutting out a sketch to the centre.
Seal the two discs.
Brush the superior surface with milk (or with whipped cream) and sprinkle it with other sugar.
Cook for 10 minutes in hot oven.
Reduce the heat and still cook for at least 40 minutes