If you're a rhubarb fan like me, this apple and rhubarb combination with a hint of orange and cinnamon is a treat. I love this pie hot with custard, or cold, eaten with my fingers.
Ingredients
| 300 g | Plain flour (Main) |
| 2 Tbsp | Caster sugar |
| 180 g | Butter, cold, cut into cubes |
| 1 | Egg |
| 1 Tbsp | Water, or 2 if needed |
Ingredients
| 4 | Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced (Main) |
| 1 bunch | Rhubarb, (or 5 stalks) rhubarb, washed and sliced (Main) |
| 25 g | Butter |
| ¾ cup | Caster sugar |
| ¼ tsp | Cinnamon |
| 1 tsp | Orange, zest |
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Directions
- Place the flour, sugar and butter in a kitchen whizz and blitz until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Add the egg, and blend to form a soft dough. Add water if needed. Wrap in cling film. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180C.
- To make the filling, melt the butter in a saucepan, add the apples and stir over medium heat for 3 or 4 minutes. Add the rhubarb and stir for 3 or 4 minutes until starting to soften. Add sugar, cinnamon and zest. Stir until the sugar has dissolved. Set aside to cool until needed.
- Roll two-thirds of the pastry to 3mm thick, and line a 22cm pie tin. Bake blind for 15 minutes or until the pastry is almost completely cooked. Remove from the oven.
- Place the cooled rhubarb and apple in the tin. Roll the remaining pastry into a square and cut 1cm strips. Arrange on top in a lattice.
- Return to the oven for 20 minutes, till the pastry is golden. Serve with cream or custard.
