French Apple Pie

Ingredients

• 1/6 sugar
• 1 tbsp. flour
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1.5 egg yolks
• 1 tbsp. butter
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 pound tart cooking apples
• 1 tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• Pinch of nutmeg
• 1/2 cup apricot preserve
• 0.5 egg yolk

Method

1. 1Line a dish with 2/3rds of the pastry
2. 2In a small saucepan, combine sugar (1/6th) and flour, mix well, stir in the milk. Bring to a boil, while stirring, reduce heat and simmer till slightly thickened - 1 minute.
3. 3In a small bowl beat the 1.5 egg yolks lightly, beat in a little of the hot mixture, poor back into the saucepan and beat well.
4. 4Stir in 1 tbsp. of butter and vanilla extract and mix well.
5. 5Turn into a bowl to cool.
6. 6Core, peel, and slide the apples. Sprinkle with lemon juice. In a medium fry pan, heat butter and sugar, add nutmeg, and then add the apple.
7. 7Sauté, stirring occasionally until partially cooked - about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
8. 8Heat apricot preserve until just melted.
9. 9Preheat oven to 200 C.
10. 10Turn filling into pie shell, spread evenly, arrange apple slices, and spread with preserve. Cover with pastry lattice, brush with egg, and bake for 35 minutes.