Shows
Popular Shows
In the Kitchen
Super Apple Pie
- Level: Intermediate
- Total: 7 hr 45 min
- Prep: 1 hr
- Inactive: 6 hr
- Cook: 45 min
- Yield: 10 servings
Share This Recipe
- Level: Intermediate
- Total: 7 hr 45 min
- Prep: 1 hr
- Inactive: 6 hr
- Cook: 45 min
- Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients
For the crust:
For the filling:
Directions
- For the crust:
- Place the butter, shortening and applejack into the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- In the bowl of a food processor, combine the flour, salt and sugar by pulsing 3 to 4 times. Add the butter and pulse 5 to 6 times until the texture looks mealy. Add the shortening and pulse another 3 to 4 times until incorporated.
- Remove the lid of the food processor and sprinkle in 5 tablespoons of the applejack. Replace the lid and pulse 5 times. Add more applejack as needed, and pulse again until the mixture holds together when squeezed. Weigh the dough and divide in half. Shape each half into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
- For the filling:
- Peel and core the apples. Slice into 1/2-inch thick wedges. Toss all of the apples with 1/4 cup of the sugar, place in a colander set over a large bowl and allow to drain for 1 1/2 hours.
- Transfer the drained liquid to a small saucepan, place over medium heat and reduce to 2 tablespoons. Set aside to cool. Toss the apples with the remaining sugar, tapioca flour, jelly, cider, lime juice, salt and grains of paradise.
- For assembling and baking the pie:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Remove one disk of dough from the refrigerator. Place the dough onto a lightly floured piece of waxed paper. Lightly sprinkle the top of the dough with flour and roll out into a 12-inch circle. Place into a 9 1/2 to 10-inch tart pan that is 2-inches deep. Gently press the dough into the sides of the pan, crimping and trimming the edges as necessary. Set a pie bird in the center of the bottom of the pan.
- Place the apples into the unbaked pie shell in concentric circles starting around the edges, working towards the center and forming a slight mound in the center of the pie. Pour over any liquid that remains in the bowl. Roll out the second pie dough as the first. Place this dough over the apples, pressing the pie bird through the top crust. Press together the edges of the dough around the rim of the pie. Brush the top crust with the reduced juice everywhere except around the edge of pie. Trim any excess dough. Place the pie on a half sheet pan lined with parchment paper and bake on the floor** of the oven for 30 minutes. Transfer to the lower rack of the oven and continue to bake another 20 minutes or until the apples are cooked through but not mushy. Remove to a rack and cool a minimum of 4 hours or until almost room temperature.
Cook’s Note
**If you're using an electric oven with coils on the bottom of the oven, place the pie on the sheet pan on the lowest rack over the coils, NOT directly on top of them.
My Private Notes
Show:
Good Eats
Episode:
Apple of My Pie
More from:
Thanksgiving Desserts: Pies and Beyond
Looking for Something Else?
Classes You May Also Like
Alton Brown
Alton Brown Cooks Live: Vichyssoise
43m
Easy
CLASS
Dan Langan
No-Bake Peanut Butter Ganache Mud Pie
31m
Easy
CLASS
Erin Jeanne McDowell
Blueberry Slab Pie
24m
Easy
CLASS
Rob Bleifer
Bourbon Apple Pie
27m
Easy
CLASS
Take a Class on
Food Network Kitchen
Alton Brown
Alton Brown's Sweet Potato Pie
3m
Easy
CLASS
Joanne Chang
Strawberry Slab Pie
32m
Intermediate
CLASS
Four and Twenty Blackbirds
All-Butter Pie Crust
15m
Intermediate
CLASS
