Scrumptious apple pie with homemade pastry

Method – PASTRY

• Combine flour, sugar and salt in a bowl and mix together.
• Add cold diced butter and rub the mixture with your fingers until coarse crumbs have formed. Mixture should remain dry and powdery.
• Add the ice water and mix until moist clumps or small balls form. Press a piece of dough between your finger tips and if the dough sticks together, you have added enough water. If not, add more water a teaspoon full at a time. Be careful not to add too much water or the dough will be sticky and difficult to roll out.
• Divide dough in half and flatten to form round circles. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour before using.
• METHOD – APPLE PIE
• Preheat oven to 210 degrees celcius.
• Sprinkle your work surface with flour and roll out bottom pie crust to a 30cm diameter circle. Wrap it around your rolling pin to transfer it to the pie baking dish.
• In a large bowl, mix all the filling ingredients together.
• Add the filling mixture to the bottom of the pie pastry.
• Roll the second piece of dough out and place on top of the filling, making sure to seal the edges.
• Brush with beaten egg. Bake for 15 minutes and reduce the oven temparature to 180 degrees and bake for another 40 minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool before serving. Serve with ice cream or cream.