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Lattice-Top Lady Apple Pie
Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 45 mins
 

A classic lattice-top lady apple pie suffused with citrus and freshly grated nutmeg. This wintery pie swaps conventional apples for tiny, sweet lady apples, also known as Pomme D'Api

Recipe Type: Dessert
Makes: 8 servings
Author: Brooklyn Supper
Ingredients
Crust
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour , plus more for dusting
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 16 tablespoons unsalted butter , frozen for 20 minutes
  • 2/3 cup ice water
Filling
  • 4 pounds lady apples , cored and quartered (peeling optional)
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • zest of 1 lemon , plus 1 tablespoon juice
  • zest of 1 clementine , plus 1 tablespoon juice
  • 1/2 cup turbinado sugar , plus more for top
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 egg white , lightly beaten
Instructions
  1. To make the crust, combine flour, sea salt, and sugar in a large bowl and whisk with a fork. Grate in butter, using fingertips to blend into the flour until things are well blended and crumbly. Drizzle in the water and turn dough, using just enough for dough to hold together.
  2. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and gather into a shaggy ball. Divide dough in half, flatten each round into a disc, and wrap each tightly with plastic. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes or up to 5 days.
  3. Position oven rack in the center of oven and preheat to 425 degrees F. Slide a rimmed baking sheet in oven to preheat as well.
  4. Prepare apples and toss with all the remaining ingredients except butter and egg whites. Set aside while you prepare dough.
  5. On a lightly floured surface, roll one of the dough discs out into a 14-inch round. Press into a 9-inch pie pan, trimming all but a 1-inch overhang. Slide pie shell into the fridge while you roll out the top.

  6. Roll the second disc into a 12 x 16-inch rectangle. With a sharp paring knife, cut 8 2-inch wide strips.
  7. Spoon filling into chilled shell and dot with butter, weave lattice over the top (using 4 strips in each direction), crimp edges, brush all over with egg white, and sprinkle top generously with sugar. Set pie on preheated baking sheet and bake for 25 minutes. Turn heat down to 350 degrees F, rotate pie, and bake for another 30 – 35 minutes, or until crust is a deep golden brown and the filling is bubbling vigorously.
  8. For the best filling set, cool pie for a full 4 hours before cutting into it. (Otherwise, the juices will run, but it’ll still be great.)