Deep-Dish Apple Pie with a Cheddar Crust
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 pound sharp cheddar cheese, grated
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 sticks cold unsalted butter cut into tablespoons
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 5 pounds Golden Delicious apples (about 12)peeled, cored, and sliced 1/4-inch thick
- Juice of 1 large lemon
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- In a food processor, pulse the flour, cheese and salt to mix.
- Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Transfer the mixture to a large bowl and make a well in the center.
- Stir in the eggs and work the dough into a ball.
- Divide the dough into quarters and flatten into disks.
- Roll out each disk to an 11-inch round between 2 sheets of wax paper.
- Remove the wax paper and line two 9-inch pie pans with a dough round.
- Refrigerate the lined pans and the 2 dough rounds, covered, until thoroughly chilled.
- Preheat the oven to 375.
- In a large bowl, toss the apples with the lemon juice.
- Sprinkle on the brown sugar, flour and salt and toss well.
- Divide the apples between the lined pie pans.
- Moisten the pie-shell rims and cover with the dough rounds.
- Trim any overhang and crimp the edges to seal.
- Cut 4 steam vents in each pie.
- Bake the pies on the bottom shelf of the oven for about 1 hour, or until golden and bubbly and the apples are tender when pierced; cover the pies with foil halfway through if necessary.
- Let cool for about 1 hour before serving.
allpurpose, cheddar cheese, kosher salt, butter, eggs, golden delicious apples, lemon, light brown sugar, allpurpose, kosher salt
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/deep-dish-apple-pie-cheddar-crust (may not work)