Sour Cream Apple Pie

Ingredients

 Pastry Filling Topping Ginger Cream
  •  1 1/4 cups flour
  • 6 tbsp cold butter
  • 2 tbsp cold shortening
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2-3 tbsp ice-water
  •  5 Granny Smith apples
  • 1 1/3 cups sour cream
  • 2/3 cups sugar’1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tbsp flour
  •  1/4 cup + 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 3 tbsp soft butter
  • 2 tbsp flour
  •  1 1/2 cups whipping cream
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/4 cup candied ginger

1. Make the Pastry

  1. Make a paté brisée by blending flour, butter, salt and shortening until it is crumbly.
  2. Add 2 tbsp ice-water and toss until water is absorbed. Add more water if necessary to form a dough ball.
  3. Dust with flour, wrap, refrigerate 1 hour.
  4. Roll out pastry 1/8 inch thick.
  5. Put in pie pan.
  6. Chill.
OR
Use a ready made pie shell.


2. Make the Topping

  1. Mix ingredients together until completely combined.
  2. Chill while you complete the pie.

3. Make the filling

  1. Whisk sour cream, sugar, salt, vanilla, eggs, and flour until smooth.
  2. Peel, core, and slice apples thinly.
  3. Add apples, stir.

4. Assemble pie

  1. Add filling to shell.
  2. Crumble topping over pie.
  3. Bake at 350ºF for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, until golden and apples are tender.

5. Add Ginger Cream

  1. Beat cream.
  2. Add sugar and ground ginger.
  3. Beat until stiff.
  4. Add candied ginger.
  5. Top the cool pie.

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