Satu Koivisto’s apple pie is a social hit

This apple pie is easy and delicious. Tommi Koivisto

– Apple pie, specifically this version, is one of our family’s favorite pastries. The secret of the apple pie is the almond flour in the base dough. As with all the best insights, it all started by chance, food writer Fairy tale Koivisto tells on his blog.

Koivisto was baking an apple pie when he realized that there was not enough wheat flour. Koivisto decided to replace the missing flour with almond powder.

– An incredible delicacy came out of the oven. The base of the pie was unprecedentedly juicy, even caramelized, and that last crumb, which no one should ever take, remained juicy until the next morning.

Koivisto advises that, in addition to almond flour, it is important to bake the pie in a pan small enough so that the bottom becomes a thick, sinking bed for the apple pieces.

The recipe for the apple pie was first published in Koivisto’s Gastronaatti 2 book, which started the recipe’s meteoric success. Some were filled with praise for it:

“So this was so shockingly good that!”

“My husband doesn’t like sweets, candies, chocolate, cakes (how is it possible?!) but he praised apple pie as the best ever and was completely sold! I agree with the praise myself – this became a favorite.”

“The best apple pie ever! Thanks to you.”

Tip 1

If you want to make the instructions even easier, you can mix the dry ingredients directly into the dough bowl. In that case, you should initially beat the baking powder, cardamom and almond powder into the dough before adding the wheat flour. The apple slices do not need to be arranged in rows either, but are poured more or less evenly on top of the pie.

Tip 2

The base of the apple pie is extremely flexible and can be modified for other fruits and berries as well. In the spring, Koivisto bakes a rhubarb pie on the bottom, in the summer he adds apricots and at the turn of the year juicy Conference pears.

Apple pie

Base:

200 g soft butter

2 1/2 dl sugar

2 eggs

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon cardamom

3 dl wheat flour

1 dl almond flour

On:

approx. 10 tart, preferably domestic apples (1 1/4 l blocks)

1 tablespoon of sugar

1 teaspoon of cinnamon

1. Whip the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a bowl. Add the eggs one by one and whisk until smooth.

2. Mix the baking powder, cardamom, wheat flour and almond flour in another bowl. Add the flour in a few batches and mix quickly into a smooth dough.

3. Spread the dough in a baking dish or on a very small baking sheet on baking paper, the strategic dimensions of my credit baking dish are 29 x 24 cm.

4. Wash and dry the apples. Cut the apples into four blocks and remove the core, domestic apples do not need to be peeled. Place the apple slices tightly on top of the dough. Mix the sugar and cinnamon in a small pinch and sprinkle over the apple blocks.

5. Bake the pie on the middle level of the oven at 200 degrees for about 30 minutes, until it is lightly browned. Eat chilled, still slightly warm or at room temperature.

Source: satukoivisto.fi

The story was originally published in August 2019.