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Apple pie
Ingredients
• Pastry
: 275 g flour,
1
/
2
tbsp salt, 125 g white castor sugar, 8 g
vanilla sugar, 175 g cold butter, 1 egg(beaten)
• Filling
: 750 g firm whole apples, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 40 g
sugar,
1
/
2
tbsp cinnamon, 50 g seedless raisins, 2 tbsp bread
crumbs
Directions
Sift the flour with the salt above a big bowl. Sift the castor
sugar and vanilla sugar with it. Cut with 2 knives the butter
through the flour in small cubes. Add
3
/
4
of the beaten egg.
Knead all the ingredients in the food processor until a crumbly
mass appears. Form the dough into a ball with your hands. Wrap
it in plastic foil and leave it chilled for about 30 min.
Grease the spring tin (24-26 cm diameter) and dust the surface
with flour. Roll out
3
/
4
of the dough till 5 mm thickness. Put it in
the tin (bottom and sides).
Peel and core the apples. Cut them in cubes of about
3
/
4
x
3
/
4
cm.
Sprinkle the apples with lemon juice and mix well. Wash and
dry the currants and raisins. Add sugar, cinnamon, raisins and
currants. Mix well and sprinkle the bottom of dough with bread
crumbs. Press slightly.
Roll out the rest of the dough. Cut the dough in small strips and
put them cross wise on the filling. Brush the pie evenly with the
rest of the beaten egg.
Lasagne
Ingredients
2 tbsp olive oil, 500 g minced beef, 500 ml tomato sauce,
100 ml beef stock, 150 g dried lasagne sheets, 1 onion
(chopped), 200 g grated cheese, 1 tsp each of dried parsley
flakes, oregano, basil
Directions
Prepare tomato meat sauce. Heat the oil in a frying pan, then
cook the minced beef and chopped onion for about 10 min
until browned all over. Pour over the tomato sauce and beef
stock, add the dried herbs. Bring up to the boil, then simmer for
30 min.
Cook lasagne noodles according to package directions. Layer
the lasagne noodle, meat sauce, and cheese then repeat. Then
sprinkle evenly with remaining cheese on the top of layer of
noodles and bake.
