Apple pie recipe

Ingredients

• 500 g packet sweet shortcrust pastry
• 4 cooking apples
• Squeeze of lemon juice
• Caster sugar
• 2 tbsp milk
• Double cream, to serve

Method

1. Heat the oven to 190°C (gas 5). Roll out half of the sweet shortcrust pastry and use it to line a pie dish.
2. Peel and chop the apples and toss them with lemon juice. Put them in the pastry case and add caster sugar to taste.
3. Roll out the remaining pastry to make a lid. Seal it to the base, cut steam vents, brush with milk and add a light sugar finish.
4. Bake for about 30 minutes, until the pastry is golden and the apples are tender. Serve with double cream.