Apple pie ‘Just like mom’s’ served with clove sauce

Ingredients:

Shortcrust pastry:

• 1 kg wheat flour
• 1.5 packets butter
• 25 dag icing sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 packet vanilla sugar

Mass:

• 2 kg fried apples

Honey and clove sauce:

• 1 l whipping cream
• 30 dag wildflower honey
• 8-10 cloves

Directions:

Prepare dough from flour, butter, eggs, baking powder and vanilla sugar. Cool the dough in a fridge for about half an hour. When cool, divide it into two, roll up and put on a greased baking tin, sprinkled with breadcrumbs. Spread the mass of fried apples and cover with the other part of the rolled up dough. Bake at 180 °C for about 60 min. To prepare the sauce, mix all the ingredients and simmer until they thicken. Before serving, sprinkle the apple pie with icing sugar and pour over with the sauce.

This meal was prepared by the Restaurant 'Frykówka' from Pszczyna during the 4th “Silesian Tastes Festival 2009” in Pszczyna. The Team won 3rd place in professional category.