- 2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 16 tablespoons unsalted cold butter, rough chopped
- 2/3 cup ice water
- 6 large heirloom apples, cored and cut into 1/2 inch thick slices (see notes above for varieties)
- 1 cup fresh cranberries, picked over and rinsed
- 3/4 cup turbinado sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- zest of 1 lemon
- zest of 1 orange
- 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed orange juice
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1 egg white, beaten
- 1 tablespoon sugar
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First, make and chill crust. In the bowl of your food processor, pulse to combine flour, salt, and sugar. Add butter and pulse 6 -7 times, or until mixture appears crumbly. Drizzle in water and pulse just until dough begins to hold together. Turn out onto a floured surface and gather dough into two equal balls. Flatten into discs, cover with plastic wrap, and chill for at least 30 minutes, or as long as five days.
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees F, slide a rimmed baking sheet into the oven, and let that get nice and hot too. Butter a 9-inch pie pan and set aside.
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On a lightly floured surface, roll out bottom crust to a 14-inch circle. Press into buttered pie pan and trim all but 1-inch of overhanging dough. Set pie pan into the fridge while you prepare the filling.
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In a large bowl, toss together all filling ingredients and set aside.
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Next, roll out top crust into a 14-inch circle. For my pie, I created a wide lattice and added leaves. To do this, cut the circle of dough into 2-inch wide strips. If you'd also like to add leaves, use a sharp knife to cut 12 or so leaf shapes out of excess dough, lightly score each down the center, and add lines on the sides to mimic veins. Once you have your dough all ready to go, pull the pie pan with bottom crust out of fridge. Spoon apple mixture into crust (leaving out juices at the bottom will help to avoid a soggy bottom crust). Next, weave lattice according to these instructions, and crimp edges. Working quickly, bush lattice with egg white and sprinkle with sugar. Add leaves, and then brush each with egg white and sprinkle with sugar.
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Place pie on preheated baking sheet and slide into the oven. Bake for 25 minutes at 425 degrees F. Next, rotate pie and turn heat down to 350 degrees F. Bake another 30 - 35 minutes, or until pie is golden and filling is hot and bubbly. If crust seems to be baking too quickly, shield edges with tin foil.
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For a cohesive filling and solid presentation, cool pie for 5 hours. If you can't wait that long, be ready for the filling to seep a bit.