Apple Pie à la Michèle

Butter the 16 inch cake tin

• 1 cup of flour

• 1/2 teaspoon of salt

• 1/2 cup of cold butter in small pieces

• 2-3 tablespoons of cane sugar

• zest of half of a lemon

• 1 egg

• 1-2 tablespoons water or cream

Put everything except the egg together in a bowl. Rub it all through your clean hands. Before you put it all together to a dough beat the egg with a fork, then put it all together to a dough. Try not to knead it. If needed add 1-2 tablespoons water or cream. Put it in the fridge for at least 30 minutes to rest.

• 4 tablespoons grounded almonds or hazelnuts

• 2 Granny Smith apples

• 1 egg

• 1/3 cup milk

• 1/3 cup of heavy cream

• 2-3 tablespoons cane sugar

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• cinnamon

Roll out the dough and put it in the buttered cake tin. Cut out the dough base with a fork. Put grounded almonds or hazelnuts on top of dough base. Cut the apples in thin slices and put them on top of the grounded almonds or hazelnuts. Put egg, cream, milk, cane sugar and vanilla extract in a bowl and mix it. Then, poor over the apples.

Bake on lower oven half for 40 minutes. 430 degrees Fahrenheit.

After taking it out of the oven you can put some cinnamon on top.

Green apples provide a great source of fiber which helps with your digestive health and the growth of healthy bacteria in your gut.