Since we are a Dutch company, of course we cannot have a recipe blog without the pride and joy of Dutch baking: the apple pie! In literally every cafe and restaurant in Holland they have this on the menu. In fact, one of my pet peeves when we used to own our Mexican restaurant was that people were often dissapointed that we did not serve it. When presented with our amazingly wonderful Mexican pies, fresh out of the oven, they would look around, questioningly, and ask: but…do you not have apple pie?? No we did not. This is not to say I do not love apple pie! Because I definitely do. It is one of my favorite cakes. But only when it is home made and fresh out of the oven. (In fact, almost every cake that is home made and fresh out of the oven is my favorite cake….:)) And there is the rub. Most restaurants and cafes serve apple pie, but buy them from the wholesaler, slap them in the freezer and serve them just about unthawed, ice cold or, if you are especially lucky, at room temperature but days old.
So, from now on, we bake our own. The recipe takes a bit of time, but is not hard. Let’s have a look:
The apples should be tart and firm. Like Elstar, Golden Renett or Jonagold. Slice them not too fine, because you want to find chunks of apple later, not apple sauce. Cinnamon is very important in this cake. You can also use other spices, if you are so inclined. Think of cardamom, nutmeg. You could even use ginger, but that would not be Dutch. In stead of butter and margarine you can also use just butter.
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Authentic Dutch Apple Pie
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Ingredients
- 125 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 125 g plant based margarine, at room temperature
- 200 g caster sugar
- 8 g vanilla sugar or 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1 pinch of salt
- 2 medium eggs
- 400 g self raising flour
- 1¼ kg jonagold apples, or Elstar
- 1 tbs ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 180 °C.
- In a mixing bowl, mix butter, margarine, sugar, vanilla and salt until light and creamy
- Add 1 egg and mix
- Add the flour and mix until a dough starts to form
- Grease a 28cm springform with butter and line with greaseproof paper
- Spread 2/3 of the dough in the form, lining the bottom and sides of the form
- Refrigerate the rest of the dough
- Peel and core the apples and slice them
- Put hold of the apples in the form, sprinkle the cinnamon on top and cover with the rest of the apples
- Roll out the remaining dough until it is about 0.5 cm thick. Cut into 8 strips of 1.5 cm wide and make one long strip for around the top
- Make a checkered pattern on top, putting the long strip all around the top
- Brush with the remaining egg
- Bake the cake for 60-75 min in the middle of the oven
- Once out of the oven, let cool for about 1 hour
Nutrition Facts
Authentic Dutch Apple Pie
Serves: 8
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Amount Per Serving: 1 piece
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| Calories | 484.06 kcal | |
| % Daily Value* | ||
| Total Fat 21.68 g | 32.3% | |
| Saturated Fat 8.69 g | 40% | |
| Trans Fat 2.27 g | ||
| Cholesterol 59.61 mg | 19.7% | |
| Sodium 112.76 mg | 4.7% | |
| Total Carbohydrate 68.67 g | 22.7% | |
| Dietary Fiber 4.49 g | 16% | |
| Sugars 33.21 g | ||
| Protein 5.72 g | ||
| Vitamin A 11.49 % | Vitamin C 6.42 % | |
| Calcium 2.99 % | Iron 4.81 % | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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