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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> French >> French

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Line 9" pie pan with crust, cover and refrigerate. | 2. In a small saucepan, combine 1/3 cup sugar and flour, mix well. | 3. Stir in milk and bring to a boil. | 4. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens (1-2 minutes). | 5. In seperate bowl beat three egg yolks. | 6. Beat 1/4 cup of hot sugar mixture into the egg yolks. | 7. Pour the egg yolk mixture into the sugar-flour mixture, stirring to combine well. | 8. Add 1 tbsp butter and vanilla. | 9. Pour mixture into a bowl to cool. | 10. Core, peel and slice the apples, sprinkle with lemon juice. | 11. In a large frying pan heat 2 tbsps butter, 2 tbsps sugar, and nutmeg, add the apples and saute. | 12. Cook till almost tender (5 min). | 13. Remove from heat. | 14. Heat the apricot preserves in a small saucepan until melted. | 15. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. | 16. Pour the custard into the pie shell. | 17. Arrange apple slices overtop of custard. | 18. Spread the melted apricot preserves on top of apple slices. | 19. Roll out remaining dough to form a 10" round. | 20. Cut the dough into 12 (1/2" wide) strips. | 21. Moisten the rim of pie shell with cold water. | 22. Arrange six dough strips across the pie filling, press the ends of the strips to the rim of the pie shell and trim. | 23. Arrange remaining strips at right angles to the first strips to form a lattice. | 24. Trim and crimp the edge decoratively. | 25. Mix egg yolk and 1 tbsp water together, brush on lattice to make crust glisten. | 26. (do not brush egg yolk on edge) Bake at 425 degrees for 40 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
white sugar	1/3	cup		258.0	66.6533	0.0	0.0
flour	2	tablespoons		72.285	15.8257	1.1751	0.2804
milk	1	cup		148.84	11.6632	7.686	7.9788
egg yolk	3			164.22	1.8309	8.0886	13.5354
butter	1	tablespoon		85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
vanilla extract	1/2	teaspoon		6.047999999999999	0.2656	0.0013	0.0013
tart apple	2			-	-	-	-
lemon juice	1	tablespoon		3.355	1.0523	0.0534	0.0366
butter	2	tablespoons		85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
white sugar	2	tablespoons		258.0	66.6533	0.0	0.0
nutmeg	1/8	teaspoon		1.4438	0.1355	0.0161	0.0999
apricot preserve	3/4	cup		580.8	154.56	1.68	0.48
pie crust	2		unbaked	-	-	-	-
water	1	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
egg yolk	1			164.22	1.8309	8.0886	13.5354

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.