Apple Pie with Cheese
Source: Posh Journal
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Servings: 8
Total time: 2 hours
NOTE: You can omit the cheese to make a regular apple pie with no other adjustments!
INGREDIENTS
Crust
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup unsalted butter, cubed
- 2 tsp white sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 6 Tbs ice water
- 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
Pie Filling
- 3 lbs Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
- 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 2 Tbs cornstarch
- 1 ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 2 Tbs unsalted butter, cubed
- 1 egg, white and yolk divided
- White sugar for garnish
DIRECTIONS
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, and salt. Add the cheese and cubed butter, and use a fork or pastry cutter to combine until the mixture resembles small peas.
- Add ice water 1 Tbs at a time until the dough holds together when pinched.
- Form the dough into two balls and wrap with plastic wrap. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, toss the apple slices with cheese, white sugar, brown sugar, salt, cornstarch, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Let it sit for 15 minutes, then stir in lemon juice and zest.
- Roll out one ball of pie crust and use it to line a 9-inch pie plate. Brush the bottom with egg white, then fill with apple slices (leaving juice behind in bowl), with a higher mound in the center.
- Transfer the leftover apple juice to a skillet and heat over medium, stirring frequently, until thickened and slightly caramelized.
- Pour the juice over the apple slices and top with cubed butter.
- Roll out second pie crust and slice into strips, then arrange on top of the apples in a lattice pattern, pressing the ends into the edge of the pie plate.
- Brush the top pie crust with egg yolk, then sprinkle with white sugar.
- Bake at 425 for 15 minutes, then lower temperature to 400 and continue baking 35 minutes, until the crust is golden brown. Check halfway through if the crust is baking too quickly, and tent with foil if so.
- Remove from heat and serve with vanilla ice cream and a glass of milk!
