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Ingredients:

PASTRY:
375g plain flour
Pinch of salt
250g butter, room temperature
1 egg
1 tbspn lemon juice
4 tbpsn water

Or if you want to cheat, use 2 sheets short crust pastry and 2 sheets puff pastry

FILLING:
4 eating apples, diced
5 cooking apples, diced
150g sugar, plus 1 tbspn extra
2 1/2 tbspn cornflour
2 tbspn lemon juice
1 tspn ground cinnamon
1/4 tspn ground cloves
1/2 tspn ground nutmeg
1/2 tspn salt
1 egg white

Method:

PASTRY (If making,not cheating):

Whisk the egg in a small mixing bowl, then stir in the lemon juice & water.
Sift the flour & salt into a separate large bowl.
Cut the butter into small cubes or microwave until it's soft.
Combine the butter into the dry mixture and work it with your hands until combined.
Pour the wet mixture into the large bowl and again work it with your hands until combined.
Shape the dough into 2 similar sized flattened balls and wrap with plastic film, then refrigerate for 30 minutes while preparing the filling.

FILLING:
Preheat oven to 190C.
Place a baking tray on a shelf in the oven. This is for the pie dish.
Place the apples, 150g sugar, cornflour, lemon juice, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, & salt into a large mixing bowl and toss until the ingredients are combined.
Roll out one half of the dough mixture and form into a 23-24cm pie dish, leaving a small amount rolled over the edge of the dish. If you are cheating, use the 2 sheets of short crust pastry.
Pour in the filling mixture and fill to the edges, mounding towards the center of the dish.
Roll out the other half of the dough mixture to a size that will cover the top of the pie. Place on the top of the dish and press the edges together firmly with a fork. If you are cheating, use the 2 sheets of puff pastry.
Trim the excess off the edge of the dish, and cut 4 small slits in the top of the pie to allow the steam to exit.
Brush the top of the pie with the egg white and evenly sprinkle the extra 1 tbspn of sugar on top.
Bake the pie on the baking tray for 1 hour or until golden brown.
Serve with cream or ice cream.