Apple Pie

2023-02-01

Pastry

Ingredients

• 6-8 tablespoons ice water (from 1 cup ice cubes filled with cool water)
• ½ cup (78 g) sweet white rice flour
• ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons (35 g) GF oat flour
• ¼ cup (35 g) buckwheat flour
• ¼ cup (30 g) cornstarch (or tapioca starch)
• 2 tablespoons (15 g) tapioca starch/flour (or arrowroot starch)
• 2 ½ tablespoons (15 g) finely ground golden flax seed
• 1 tablespoon (15 g) sugar (granulated, maple, or coconut)
• ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
• 8 tablespoons (115 g) cold, unsalted butter, sliced ¼-inch thick
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar or lemon juice

Steps

Step 1

• Combine the flours, flax, sugar and salt.
• Add the butter and blend with fingers (some pea size chunks ok).
• Combine the water, vinegar. Sprinkle over flour 1 tblspn at a time, tossing the flour with a silicone spatula to moisten evenly. It’s done if when squeezed it holds together easily (not sticky).
• Pour it out and use the heel of your hand to scrape portions of dough across the surface (blending any large bits of butter).
• Gather the dough in a ball, flatten to a disk and wrap in plastic. Chill for 1hr, or up to 24hrs.

Step 2

• Dust surface with some oat flour.
• Roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thick oval, flipping occasionally. Periodically dust with oat flour, using a pastry brush to remove excess flour.
• Fold the dough into thirds, then fold into thirds the other way. Re-wrap and chill for 1hr or up to 24hrs.

Step 3

• Roll out and repeat the folding process.
• Wrap and chill again, 30-60mins, or up to 2 days.

Step 4

• Roll out the dough into a 12 inch circle.
• Ease it into a 9-inch pie dish (gently push into sides without stretching), trimming to a 1 inch overhang.
• Flute the edge by pressing it between the thumb of one hand and the index finger and thumb of the other hand.
• Prick the bottom with a fork, then chill for another 30-60mins, or cover and chill up to 24hrs.

Step 5

• Pre heat the oven to 400f.
• Cover the pastry with baking paper and fill with pie weights.
• Bake for ~10mins.

Filling

Ingredients

• 8 apples (granny smith)
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1tsp lemon and/or orange zest
• 1tsp cinnamon
• 1/4tsp salt
• 2tblspn cornstarch

Steps

• Cut the apples as you like
• Saute in a pan for ~5mins until slightly soft (finish cooking in oven)
• Add the rest of the ingredients and stir to combine.
• Pour into the par-baked crust and bake at ~350f for ~1hr.
• Allow the pie to cool at least 1 hour, and then serve.