What should be the perfect pie? Undoubtedly fragrant, soft, juicy, with delicious filling and gentle dough. A good apple pie is a real work of art that no gourmet and culinary critic can resist.
Few people know that a gourmet dessert with fresh apples is quite simple to prepare. To do this, it is not necessary to have exceptional culinary talent and a set of exotic or expensive products. For example, Cornish apple pie is a vivid example of the fact that not only professional chefs can prepare unsurpassed desserts.
What is a Cornish pie?
The British know how to cook delicious cakes, this is a historical fact. In particular, they respect apple pies. For example, a dessert from Cornwall is one of the most successful recipes recognized by sweet lovers all over the world.
To date, there is no reliable information regarding the appearance of this recipe. But each cook knows that this type of baking is divided into two main types:
- Cornish apple pie;
- pie with meat.
Nevertheless, both versions of the dish have such distinctive characteristics:
- velvet texture;
- crispy edges;
- soft and very soft middle.
In this case, we will talk about apple pie, which everyone can cook to their taste. The result will depend on the variety of apples, added spices and additional products.
If someone loves nuts - there is no problem, they can be added to apples, which will only make the dish even more original. Those who prefer sour desserts can add raisins or cranberries to the filling.
Why is Cornish apple pie so popular?
Sometimes on a cold autumn evening you want to eat a slice of a good dessert, and there is no desire to go to the store with fresh pastries, the last thing you want to do is to bother with making homemade pie for a long time. And in this case, a simple and quick recipe will help, which will require ordinary, affordable products.
That is exactly what Cornish apple pie is. It has many advantages over most pies. Thanks to the following characteristics, the dessert from Cornwall has gained popular popularity:
- cooking time - a little more than half an hour;
- pie ingredients can be found in almost every refrigerator;
- profitability;
- simplicity in execution;
- baking does not stale and does not deteriorate for several days, because it can be stored in the refrigerator for quite some time;
- Cornish apple pie, the recipe of which is very simple, always turns out to be beautiful and appetizing, therefore, with its design there will be no problems.
What products will be required?
Cornish apple pie does not require large financial expenses. Here is a list of the main ingredients for a gourmet English dessert:
- three hundred grams of butter;
- one glass of sugar, you can take brown, from it the cake will have a more refined taste;
- four eggs;
- 150 grams of sour cream of medium fat content;
- two and a half cups of flour;
- 15 grams of baking powder;
- a kilogram of large apples, preferably hard varieties.
As a flavoring, a small amount of vanillin is required, half a teaspoon will be enough. Also do not forget about adding salt to taste. Many neglect this point, believing that salt should not be put in desserts. But this is an erroneous opinion, because this particular ingredient is able to fully reveal the taste of the dish.
The baking dish will be greased with vegetable or butter.
How to cook Cornish apple pie?
For starters, prepare apples. This is done as follows:
- fruits are thoroughly washed;
- the fetus is cut into four parts;
- core is removed from the pieces;
- quarters are cut into thin slices about half a centimeter thick.
After that, you can lubricate the form with oil and set the temperature in the oven at 180 degrees.
Pie butter must be removed from the refrigerator in advance to make it soft. Then, in a deep form, it is whisked with a mixer with sugar. Yolks and sour cream are added to the mass, everything is thoroughly whisked again. Flour with vanilla and baking powder is gradually introduced into the dough.
The whites are whipped to a thick foam and gently mixed with the dough for the pie. The mass is laid out in the form, the apples are beautifully inserted on top, everything is decorated with sugar or crumbs from the dough. The cake is baked from half an hour to an hour depending on the thickness of the dough.
Chef's Little Secrets
Real pastry masters know how to make a Cornish apple pie, making it even more delicious and beautiful. For example, as a decoration, you can use crumbs from the dough. It is prepared quite simply: butter, flour and sugar are mixed in equal proportions. Everything is well rubbed by hands, the surface of the pie is sprinkled with finished crumbs, after which it is put into the oven.
Another simple tip is to make sugar syrup, which is used to pour apples on a pie. It takes about half a glass of sugar and the same amount of water. You can add a little lemon juice. When the syrup cools and thickens, they should generously lubricate the surface of the pie.
Cooking options
The classic Cornish apple pie can perfectly complement the following ingredients:
- walnuts;
- cranberry;
- raisins;
- fresh mint leaves;
- cocoa;
- cinnamon;
- whipped cream as a decoration;
- lemon or orange peel;
- turmeric for color.
If the Cornish apple pie, the recipe with the photo of which is presented above, for lovers of light desserts seems too fat, you can use only 150 grams of oil. The rest of its amount is replaced by non-greasy, but thick sour cream.
Apples are allowed to be used both peeled and with skin. The cake will look very original if on its surface a multi-colored peel of fruits is visible. You can lay sliced apples in a different order, guided by your own imagination.