I WANT AN APPLE CAKE...!

Apple cake

pastry:

4 cups (=480 gr) all-purpose flour

1/2 ts salt

150 gr cold butter,cut in small pieces

About 2/3 cup (150 ml)very cold water (ice water,if you have)

filling:

2 kg (4 lbs) cooking apples

juice of 1 lemon

3/4 cup (or more) suger

1 ts cinnamon

2/3 cup (100 gr)raisins

1 cup (100 gr)chopped nuts (any kind you like)

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1 egg yolk, beaten

First make pastry

sift flour and salt into a large bowl.

cut in the butter,in small pieces.

Lightly mix in suger and enough ice water,to make a dough.

press into a ball, warp in plastic warp.

Refrigerate 1 hour.

Now make filling

Peel and core apples.

chop apples coarsely; place in a large bowl.

mix in lemon juice,suger,cinnamon,raisins and nuts .

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preheat oven to 205C (400 F).

On a floured surface,roll out three-fourths (3/4) of dough to fit a 39x27 cm(15.5x10.5inch)-the oven cake pan.place dough in pan.spread apple mixture over pastry shell.

roll out remaining dough,cut into thin strips and arrange over cake in a lattice pattern.

Brush with egg yolk. Bake 40 minutes.Cool in pan.

Bon-Appetit !

Ready for The freezer...

A very BIG cake, realy
It's very easy to roll & cut the dough
The Big Red bowl...

raisinsThe dough So, I wash 2 KG of apples..