Southwestern Green Apple Pie Recipes

GREEN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• For pastry, mix flour and salt; cut in shortening.
• Add water 1 tbsp at a time, using only enough to make a workable paste (too little will make it crumbly). This pastry, being exceedingly rich, must be handled deftly.
• Roll out pastry and line pan.
• Make 2 (9 inch) shells.
• Thorough chilling before rolling makes pastry easier to handle.
• For filling, line pie pan with one pastry shell and fill with sliced apples.
• Mix and sift dry ingredients over the apples.
• Add water and lemon juice; dot with butter, then top with secondary pie shell.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until pie filling is done and pie is golden brown.
• If pie crust starts getting too dark before it is done.
• Cover with aluminum foil.
• ENJOY!

GREEN MARKET APPLE PIE

Steps:

• On a lightly floured surface, roll out 1 disk of pate brisee to an 1/8-inch-thick circle, about 13 inches in diameter. Drape dough over a 9-inch pie pan. Transfer pan to refrigerator, and chill 30 minutes.
• Heat oven to 425 degrees. Whisk together the egg yolk and cream; set aside.
• In a large bowl, toss together the apples, lemon juice, granulated sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt; place in chilled bottom crust. Dot with butter.
• Roll out the remaining disk of pate brisee as in step one. Brush the rim of the bottom crust with the egg wash. Place second piece of dough on top, and trim so 1 inch overhangs. Tuck the dough under, and crimp the edges with a fork or your fingers. Transfer pie to the refrigerator, and chill until firm, about 15 minutes.
• Remove pie from the refrigerator, brush with the egg wash, and sprinkle generously with sugar. Cut 4 vents in the top, allowing the steam to escape.
• Bake until crust begins to turn light brown, about 25 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees, and bake until golden brown and the juices are bubbling, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Serve pie with vanilla ice cream, if desired.

GREEN APPLE PIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees Peel and core apples, slice about 1/2" thick to make 6-7 cups sliced. Line 9" pie pan with first sheet of pastry. In a medium bowl, combine sugar, nutmeg, salt, lemon, and cinnamon. Place 1/2 of apple slices in the bottom of the pan, sprinkle with 1/2 sugar mixture and repeat with second half of apples and sugar. Dot top of apples with butter. Cut slits in the second pie crust and place over the apples; trim edges and flute or seal with a fork. Brush top crust with milk and bake for 40 min or until apples are tender.

PIE.....GREEN APPLE-GREEN CHILE PIE.....SWEET-HOT PIE

Steps:

• Make the filling: In a large saucepan over medium heat,melt the butter.Add apples and toss to coat.Stir in 1/2-1 cup water,chiles,brown sugar,cinnamon,vinegar and Gran Marnier.Bring to a boil,reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 hour.Remove from heat and set aside.The filling can be prepared 4 days in advance.
• Preheat oven to 400.Thaw pie crust and fill with pie weights.Bake pie shell for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile,make the crimble topping:Pulse all ingredients in a food processor,about 15 seconds until crumbly.Set aside.
• Remove pie crust from oven,discard weights,and fill with prepared apple filling.Cover the filling with the crumble topping.Bake for 30 minutes until golden brown.
• This is excellent with ice cream on top!