Jean Pare is a Canadian culinary legend. When looking for an apple pie that would be a definite winner, her "Pies" book was the first stop in the cookbook cupboard. There are 11 apple pie recipes listed in the index... think of all the experimenting that must have gone on in her kitchen!
Start with a recipe for basic pastry. We used Pare's but there are millions online.
1/2 cup Walnut halves
1/3 cup Brown sugar
1 cup Granulated sugar
2 tbsp All-purpose flour
1/2 tsp Cinnamon (times 4... this is a crucial flavor-boosting ingredient!)
1/8 tsp Salt
2 tsp Lemon juice
5 cups Apples - peeled, cored, & sliced (McIntosh works well)
Pastry
- Line a 9 inch pie plate with a wide circle of foil
- Take two 2-foot long pieces of foil and attach them with a drug-store fold (we had to use Google images to figure out what that meant... basically, line up the two pieces so that they're slightly overlapping, and then fold a few times so that you get one big piece) - press into pie plate, grease
- Spread the walnut halves on the bottom of the pie plate, and sprinkle with brown sugar
- Combine the next 5 ingredients in a large bowl
Don't forget this stuff!
- Add apples to sugar mixture, stir to coat... and pile into pie plate
- Roll pastry and place over top of apples (we found it easiest to roll out the dough on wax paper, and then we simply flipped the pastry onto the pie)
- Fold the pastry edges under the pie plate and flute (make nice little dents with your thumb)
- Turn up the foil around the edges - it should be a few inches high... cut slits in the pastry and put the entire strange-looking-set-up into your pre-heated oven
- Bake at 350 F for about 50 minutes (until apples are cooked)
- Now comes the fun party! Cover the pie with a large plate and FLIP IT
- Remove the foil carefully
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