The first time I heard of
this recipe I was a bit perplexed but then I had to try it.
Apple goes with roast pork in a baked dinner doesn't it?
The recipe was delightful but it needed simplifying in order to
fit one of my web site requirements of being an easy recipe.
I mess around placing the top pastry in the lattice manner seen
in the photograph but you don't need to do that if you haven't
got time. Simply make it a solid piece of pastry
over the top in this delightfully tasty recipe for Pork and
Apple Pie.
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To convert any of these ingredients into US measurements please
use this
Quantity Conversion
Chart.
Ingredients
700 gm pork mince (ground pork)
1 onion, chopped finely
3 rounded teaspoons Gravox (or other dry gravy mix)
3 rounded teaspoons corn flour
1/4 cup water
1 tin (400 gm) pie apple, mashed up a little
Salt and pepper to taste
3 sheets puff pastry
Optional, egg to glaze pastry
Method:
Brown the pork and onion in a non-stick
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Add the Gravox and corn flour and mix well
into the meat/apple mixture. Cook for 2 minutes.
Add the water and stir until boiling and
thickened. Add the apple to this mixture along with the
salt and pepper. Cool.
Pre heat oven to 220 degrees Celsius.
Line a large rectangular pie dish with
pastry. Spoon the cold meat mixture into it. With
remaining pastry cut it into 2 cm (3/4 inch) strips and weave
them into a lattice pattern over the top of the pie.
Brush with beaten egg if desired.
Cook for 20 - 25 minutes until the pastry is
golden.
Serves 6.
Notes:
I generally use my
slice tin for this recipe. Using a metal dish ensures
the pastry is cooked quicker from underneath. Glass
doesn't seem to do this as well as metal.
Food Facts:
A medium apple has about 80 calories. 25% of an apple's volume is
air - that is why they float. Apples cleanse and purify the blood and the liver. They are
a good source of vitamin C and fibre. Remember your Gran's old
saying "An apple a day keeps the doctor away". Well it's
pretty good advice. Remember to eat the skin if you want to maximize the fibre. Eating an apple decreases the chances of
tooth cavities by cleaning the teeth and massaging the gums.
