Recipes

Apple and Custard Pie

Ingredients 

Pie Filling
1kg Granny Smith apples
1 tsp corn or potato starch

1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 Lemon
juice
1/4 cup caster sugar, plus extra to sprinkle
Pre-made pie case

Custard
600ml milk
4 Tbs custard
2 tbs sugar or sweetner

 

 

Method 

Pie filling
Peel, core and dice apples.
Place in saucepan with cinnamon and sugar and 1/4 cup water.
Cover and cook over medium heat for 6-8 minutes, until soft but firm.
Mix starch with 1/4 cup water and add to mixture to thicken cook for a further minute.
Allow to cool slightly and to pie case

Custard
Heat 590ml of milk until just before boiling either in microwave or on stove top
While heating mix custard powder and sugar with remaining milk
When milk heated add custard mixture and stir to combine
return to heat and stir until think, or return to microave heating in 30 seconds bursts stiring each time

Once pie has cooled completely, pour over cooled custard and refridgerate until set