What is old is new again. Apple Pie: Dream Pie Crust Realized: revisited
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I was looking for a nice pie recipe and came across this old post.
http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/19545/apple-pie-dream-pie-crust-realized
I followed evth, pretty much verbatim. With only a few changes. I used "only" three sticks of butter in the pastry and apple cider vinegar instead of champagne vinegar. For the filling I used tapioca flour, instead of corn starch.
I am busting, this is the best pie I ever made! Like evth said, the dough rolled out ridiculously easy. The filling was straight forward.
I have not cut into it yet, waiting for my wife to get home. However the smell and look of this is out of this world! The pastry is very flaky. The only fail, I made a mess fluting the crust. Next time I will do better. All and all now that its done, it does not look to bad. Smile.
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So How Did it taste?
First the good, the filling was divine. The not so good, the pastry was a bit tough. However I do know why, this can be fixed next time. After using the amount of water called for, the dough was still very dry. Instead of using my best instincts, and adding a little more water a Tbs at a time, I tried to force the dough to come together. I worked that shaggy mess, like I was making French bread! To no avail, I still wound up adding water. Since I still have enough dough in the freezer for one more pie, ( it was not so bad I need to throw it out). It will be a while till I try this again. The motto of the story? Live and learn. Smile.