Η συνταγή στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης!
Apple has been known to mankind since the ancient times. It is amazing how this fruit is so much connected not only to the ancient world, but also religion and Old Testament. It was Eve who took the apple from the tree after serpent’s exhortation and thus deprived Adam and herself the security and bliss of paradise.
In ancient Greece apple played a major role in many myths as that of Paris, Helen and the Trojan War or the other one I am going to speak about today the one of Atalantis.
Atalanti was the daughter of Schineas and Klemeni. From a very young an age she has shown her great skills in hunting and she was invincible in running. There was a prophecy, according which, if she married anyone, she would transform into an animal. Thus, Atalanti lived in the woods and avoided any contact with people. Her father accepted her decision under one condition; if anyone succeeded in winning her in running, then he would be the lucky one to marry her.
Atalanti, knowing how good she was in running and feeling safe about the result, agreed to do so, but she had one condition as well; the ones who would lost to her, she was free to kill them. For that reason, she gave to every aspiring contender a head start. She was following with a spear and when she was close to the youngster, she transfixed him.
Many young men found death from her hand. One day, a guy, Hippomenis or Hippomedon (the name is not very clear), came and asked to race with beautiful Atalanti. She was so certain that Hippomenis would be her next victim that, she agreed without any hesitation. Nevertheless, Hippomenis had the help of goddess Aphrodite who gave him three golden apples from the Hesperides Garden. She told him to throw them one by one alongside of the road. During the race and since Hippomenis had begun before Atalanti, he started throwing one by one the golden apples every time he saw that she was approaching. Atalanti every time she bumped into an apple, she stopped and picked it up and she was running late. Eventually Hippomenis won the race and Atalanti had to accept her fate.
The two young people were so much in love that, they coupled with one another in Zeus’ temple. The god punished them for their sacrilege by transforming them to a couple of lions.
In ancient Greece a young man who wanted a young girl, threw an apple towards her side. If she picked it up, then she would agree to marry him. Since I am already married, I decided to throw my husband not an apple, but a whole bunch of them haha. This pie crust was so flaky and its texture was very similar to that of puff pastry. It is the crust that makes this apple pie so unique and super delicious! I will definitely be making it again and I am thinking of filling it with other fruits as well. Besides, I am running out of apple stories lol!
- 240 gr. / 8.5 oz. All-purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 113 gr. / 4 oz. cream cheese, full or low fat
- 142 gr. / 5 oz. cold butter
- 43 to 57 gr. / 1.5 to 2 oz. ice water
- About 3 to 4 apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
- 5 tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- Juice of half lemon
- Pinch of salt
- In your stand mixer using the paddle or in a food processor, add the flour, the cream cheese and salt.
- If you are using the mixer, mix until crumbles are formed.
- If you are using the food processor with just a few pulses the crumbles are ready.
- Cut the cold butter into pieces and incorporate it into your flour batter not completely but leave some small butter pieces visible.
- Pour slowly, slowly the 43 gr. / 1.5 oz. of cold water and toss.
- If the dough holds together then it is ready.
- If it is too dry, sprinkle some more water tbsp by tbsp, just enough to make the dough stick together.
- Divide the dough in two pieces one larger than the othe,r so as to be the base of the pie.
- Flatten them both into round disks, wrap them well and place them in the fridge for minimum 30 minutes.
- While the dough rests peacefully in the fridge, let’s make the filling.
- When you cut the apples pour the lemon juice.
- In a bowl combine sugar, cinnamon, ground cloves, flour and salt.
- Take a large skillet and add the butter in medium heat.
- Add the apples and the sugar/cinnamon mix.
- Toss and let them cook for about ten minutes or until the sugar has completely melted and the apples have started to soften.
- Remove and put aside.
- Preheat oven to 175° C / 375° F.
- Take the crusts out of the fridge.
- Take the large one and flatten it even more to reach about 30 cm / 12 in. diameter and place it in a buttered pie pan with diameter 28 cm / 11 in.
- Throw the apples on top and arrange them so as to cover all the surface of the dough.
- Flatten the other dough disk to reach 26 cm / 10 in.
- Place it over the apples and seal the edges.
- Brush with a beaten egg and put in the oven.
- Bake until the crust is golden brown and you can see some bubbling from the filling around the edges about 25 to 35 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, let it rest for 10 to 15 minutes and then serve with a dollop of vanilla ice cream.
- 240 γρ. αλεύρι για όλες τις χρήσεις
- ½ κ.γ. αλάτι
- 113 γρ. τυρί κρέμα, πλήρες ή low fat
- 142 γρ. κρύο βούτυρο
- 43 σε 57 γρ. παγωμένο νερό
- Περίπου 3 έως 4 μήλα καθαρισμένα και κομμένα σε λεπτές φέτες
- 5 κ.σ. ζάχαρη
- 2 κ.γ. κανέλα
- ½ κ.γ. γαρύφαλλα
- 1 κ.γ. βούτυρο
- 1 κ.σ. αλεύρι για όλες τις χρήσεις
- Χυμό από μισό λεμόνι
- 1 πρέζα αλάτι
- Στο μίξερ σας χρησιμοποιώντας το κάπα ή σε ένα μεγάλο multi, προσθέστε το αλεύρι, το τυρί κρέμα και το αλάτι.
- Εάν χρησιμοποιείτε το μίξερ, ανακατέψτε έως ότου γίνει σαν τρίμμα.
- Εάν χρησιμοποιείτε το multi με λίγες στροφές έχουμε το επιθυμητό αποτέλεσμα.
- Κόψτε το κρύο βούτυρο και ενσωματωστε το στο μίγμα αλευριού όχι εντελώς αλλά αφήστε μερικά κομμάτια βούτυρο να φαίνονται.
- Ρίξτε σιγά-σιγά, τα 43 γρ. κρύο νερό και ανακατέψτε.
- Εάν η ζύμη σχηματίζεται τότε είναι έτοιμη.
- Εάν είναι πολύ στεγνή ρίξτε μία κουταλιά νερό και ζυμώστε αν χρειαστεί ρίξτε και άλλη μία μέχρι να έρθει η ζύμη εκεί που τη θέλουμε.
- Χωρίστε τη ζύμη σε δύο κομμάτια, το ένα μεγαλύτερο από το άλλο, που θα είναι η βάση της πίτας.
- Φτάξτε δύο δίσκους, τυλίξτε τους καλά και βάλτε τους στο ψυγείο για τουλάχιστον 30 λεπτά.
- Μόλις κόψετε τα μήλα περιχύστε με το χυμό λεμονιού.
- Σε ένα μπολ ανακατέψτε τη ζάχαρη, το αλεύρι, την κανέλα, το γαρύφαλο και το αλάτι.
- Πάρτε ένα μεγάλο τηγάνι και προσθέστε το βούτυρο σε μέτρια φωτιά.
- Προσθέστε τα μήλα,τη ζάχαρη, την κανέλα, το γαρύφαλλο, το αλεύρι και το αλάτι.
- Ανακατέψτε και αφήστε να βράσουν για περίπου δέκα λεπτά, ή έως ότου η ζάχαρη έχει λειώσει εντελώς και τα μήλα έχουν αρχίσει να μαλακώσει.
- Αφαιρέστε και βάλτε στην άκρη.
- Προθερμάνετε το φούρνο στους 175° C.
- Βγάλτε τις ζύμες από το ψυγείο.
- Πάρτε τη μεγαλύτερη και ανοίξτε τη ακόμα περισσότερο να φθάσει σε διάμετρο τα 30 cm και τοποθετήστε τη σε μια ταρτιέρα βουτυρωμένη με διάμετρο 28 cm.
- Ρίξτε τα μήλα από πάνω και φροντίστε ώστε να καλυφθεί όλη η επιφάνεια της ζύμης.
- Ισιώστε το άλλο δίσκο ζύμης να φτάσει στα 26 cm.
- Τοποθετήστε τον πάνω από τα μήλα και σφραγίστε τα άκρα.
- Αλείψτε με αυγό χτυπημένο και βάλτε στο φούρνο.
- Ψήστε έως ότου η κρούστα πάρει ένα χρυσαφένιο χρώμα περίπου 25 έως 35 λεπτά.
- Βγάλτε από το φούρνο, αφήστε να ξεκουραστεί για 10 έως 15 λεπτά και στη συνέχεια σερβίρετε με μία μπάλα παγωτού βανίλιας.
