Apple Pie Rustica
Apples sweetened slightly with a hint of cinnamon and a touch of lemon to enhance flavor, Flaky pie crust underneath. A dish beautiful on its own merits, honest and unadorned.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 45 mins
- Total Time: 55 mins
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
- Category: Pie
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 4–5 apples
- 2 packets lemon crystals or 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 Tablespoon sugar
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 Tablespoons butter
- 1 premade pie crust
Instructions
- Slice apples thinly. You can peel them or not – whichever you prefer.
- Spread pie crust onto baking sheet
- Place apples in center and distribute evenly, leaving about 1 ½ inch of crust uncovered all the way around the edge.
- Mix cinnamon, sugar and lemon crystals together and sprinkle evenly over apples. If using lemon juice sprinkle it over the apples first, then the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Fold crust up and over apples, pleating as needed to make rough circle.
- Slice butter thinly and dot over apples.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes until crust is golden.
Find it online: https://www.apinchofjoy.com/blog/2011/11/10/apple-pie-rustica/