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French Custard Apple Pie
French Custard Apple Pie
- Preparation time 60 mins
- Serves 8 people
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What a slice of heavenly pie...
Creamy custard and sweet apple slices fill every pastry nook and cranny in this French Custard Apple Pie recipe. Each bite is pure bliss supported by a flaky, golden crust. Try it out for yourself below.
Ingredients
Custard Filling
- 3 eggs plus 1 egg yolk
- 200ml pure cream
- ½ cup caster sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
- Honey, to drizzle
Apple Filling
- 385g can pie apple slices, drained
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground allspice
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
Pastry
- 75g unsalted butter, melted
- 12 sheets filo pastry
- Icing sugar, for dusting
Method
Custard Filling
- Whisk eggs, cream, sugar and vanilla in a bowl.
Apple Filling
- Combine pie apple slices and spices in a bowl. Mix well.
Pastry & Assemble
- Preheat oven to 180C (fan-forced). Grease a 20cm round cake pan. Line the base with baking paper.
- Lay a sheet of filo on a clean surface and brush with the melted butter. Top with another sheet of filo and brush with more butter.
- Scrunch pastry into a 7 - 8cm wide length and roll into the shape of a rose. Place into centre of the prepared pan.
- Repeat layering pastry and butter. Roll each sheet of pastry around the pastry in pan, spooning apple between rolls, until pan is filled.
- Pour over the custard filling. Bake for 40 minutes or until golden, set and cooked through. Cool for 15 minutes before turning out.
- Allow to cool to warm or room temperature. Drizzle with honey. Dust with icing sugar. Cut into wedges and serve.
Notes
- Apples can be swapped with fresh or frozen berries.
- How to invert pie from cake pan:
- Place a board on top of the pan.
- Hold onto the cake pan and board with a tea towel and turn over. The pie should slide out of the pan onto the board.
- Place a serving plate immediately on top of the pie and turn over again so the top is facing up.
Nutritional Information
- Serving size 142g
- Energy 922kJ 220kcal
- Protein 3.4g
- Total fat 13g
- Saturated fat 7.6g
- Carbs (total) 22.5g
- Carbs (sugar) 20.7g
- Sodium 38mg
- Fibre 0.42g
- Vitamin D 2.2µg
All nutrition values are per serve.
