"For many pie recipes, you can throw in the raw apples - tossed with spices, lemon juice, some flour, and sugar - into the crust, and they'll soften as they bake. But Ramsay's apple pie adds depth to the filling by caramelizing the apples first. The recipe calls for a simple, sweet-tart pastry crust, bitter apples, butter, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and egg wash."
"I started by creaming butter and sugar together in a food processor. I added an egg and all-purpose flour to form the crust. Once the dough started to stick together, I placed it onto a floured cutting board to knead it. I rolled it out slightly and wrapped it with plastic to chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. While the pie crust chilled, I worked on caramelizing the apples for the filling."
"After 30 minutes in the fridge, I removed the dough onto a floured work surface, cut it in half, and rolled one part out. When it was time to lift the crust into a tin, though, it fell apart. Luckily, I was able to patch it up, and the top crust didn't seem too patchy or torn. Finally, I brushed the top crust with egg wash, sprinkled it with sugar, and baked the pie for about 40 minutes."
Three celebrity apple pie recipes were tested, with Gordon Ramsay's version using caramelized apples and a simple sweet-tart pastry crust. The crust used butter, sugar, an egg, and all-purpose flour, chilled for 30 minutes before rolling. Apples were coated with cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar, then caramelized in batches to avoid crowding, producing aromatic results. Lifting the rolled crust into the tin caused tearing, but patching repaired it. The top received an egg wash and sugar before baking for about 40 minutes. The finished pie was crispy and flaky, with some caramelized juices leaking at the edges.
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