APPLE TART - LET´S TRY OMA´S RECIPE (BAKE THIS WITHOUT SUGAR)

in #food7 years ago (edited)

IMG_2985.JPG  CC.jpg

Oma, as we fondly called her, was my husband´s grandmother. In the 50´s she was kind of a great personality among her friends and stood out as a person who always had a solution to a problem in her family. She was a great woman with a strong character. When I came to know her, she just turned 80 who was then energetic and very independent and still managed her life even in her most advanced age. In the course of the 14 years I´ve known her, she was the one who taught me how to cook viennese food, giving tips, shortcuts and secrets on how to make delicious dishes. She baked without recipes on hand as she knew the ingredients and procedures by heart. Robust as it seemed, she suffered from a non malignant heart tumor that doctors did not want to operate because of her advanced age in her 90´s.

We were "good vibes" so to speak, for we easily understood each other having the same interests. When she passed away, she left me her most beloved sewing machine, her enormous quantity of fabrics and crafts supplies, cooking and baking books and wares.

IMG_2991 CC.JPG

This is one of her recipes that I always bake spontaneously whenever apples are available at home. The secret of the recipe is the way the apples are prepared as fillings, the nuts and most of all the crispy crust on top. So now, let´s bake this delicious stuff.

IMG_3011 CC.JPG

NOTE:
If you have some sugar issues or would want to avoid calories, there are good sugar substitutes available in the market that can be used to bake this. If you want to substitute sugar with Stevia powder for example, you can measure the given sugar in the recipe by the spoons... the same spoons of Stevia can be substituted so that the ratio is 1:1.

OMA´S APPLE PIE

Preheat oven at 180°C / ca. 350°F

Ingredients - Pie fillings:
1.5 kg apples
100 g sugar
50 g brown sugar
1 tsp grated lemon peel

1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/2 cup raisins
1 cup chopped almonds
6 Tablespoons plum marmalade (I use strawberry jams sometimes)
1 egg yolk to coat the grid topping

COOKING THE APPLE FILLINGS

Peel the apples and remove the seeds, slice into small pieces, slow-cook in a casserole adding apples, sugar and lemon peel, always mixing until apples become medium soft (about 10 minutes) and liquid has evaporated. If more liquid comes out from apple cooking, remove excess liquid or drain the cooked apple, set aside and let it cool down. Then add the nutmeg, nuts, raisins and marmalade until all are well blended. Set aside.

PREPARE THE CRUST

1....Combine below ingredients in a bowl, knead into a smooth dough, form into a ball then cover with plastic foil and refrigerate for about 30 minutes:

500 g all purpose Flour
30 g Sugar,
a pinch of salt,
200 g Butter,
cut into cubes
1 Tbsp table vinegar
10 Tbsp cold water

2...Roll- out the dough on a floured surface using a rolling pin. Use dough to line the pie form carefully pressing all the inner sides to shape the crust. Run the rolling pin over the pie form to remove excess pastry . Keep excess dough material as grid to decorate the pie top later.

3...Fill crust with the cooked apple mixture and arrange strips of dough to cover pie in grid form. For a golden brown appearance, brush the grid with egg yolk. Bake the pie for about an hour in the preheated oven.

Serve warm or cold with whipped cream ( optional).

IMG_3008 CC.JPG

Here´s hoping you like Oma´s Apple Tart!

Thank you for visiting.

Mers
https://steemit.com/@mers

Note: All contents and photos on this blog are mine unless otherwise stated.

Sort:  

This sounds (and looks) amazing @mers! Oma must have been an incredible cook, and friend as well, I'm sure you and your family miss her a lot! But remembering her through her recipes is a wonderful tribute!
I love apple pie, and this one intrigues me because you cook the moisture out of the apples first - I think that would greatly improve the firmness! The addition of the jam sounds really tasty! Another 💯% recipe to be sure! 😋😋

@pjprivett... Hello PJ.. yes, this recipe is a tribute to her, she was really an icon within her family. But hey, you really should try this, it's so delish!. I bake one for our neighbor and his wife said to me that after half an hour I came to give this at her door ... the husband finished half of the Pie... hahaha!
Thank you so much!

😂 Great story @mers! By the way, I'm sorry to say we will just miss each other in Spain as I will be leaving from the Northern part right before you arrive. Maybe we can enjoy each others' photos on Steemit though!!

Yeah, exciting! I can add you on FB or messenger if you'd like to keep your pics private, if you like.. Here is my FB and Messenger username: Inday Mercy Gallardo..

Thank for sharing such great story and memory with us...Tart looks delicious 👍😍

Very good post @mers. . I like it. . And follow your nex post

Thanks for visiting @nazarwills...

I can't stop looking to your apple tart, I want to eat it. :)

Will send you some via the web @taica... you´re not far away from me! Thanks for the upvote.

Thanks for the recipe! I love the addition of the plum marmalade in the filling what a great idea! I've never heard of putting vinegar in the crust...is there a scientific reason or for flavor?

Hi @fivepoints.. why adding vinegar to the pie crust... is to prevent the crust from getting brown.... Others say , the vinegar make the crust more tender.

Awesome! Thanks for tip, have never heard that. :) Made sure to follow you

Very nice Apple Pie! It is so nice to learn cooking and baking from your elders. Now you will have those memories forever!

Thank you @chefsteve... indeed, so whenever I bake this, I know Oma is looking down at me and think "oh she´s baking my recipe " ... hehehe.

I do collecting your posted recipe on steemit but as of now not yet tried to bake it by myself..my oven not working.. It has been 2 years im not using it..

@june21neneng ..may nabibiling ready made na butter crust..simply follow the instruction to prepare the fillings, tapos ilatag mo yung pie crust, form it round or rectangular.. fold edges katulad ng pizza edge...then, puede sa flat na frying pan mo ilatag in a very low fire takpan ...after 10-15 minutes crispy na....tapos fill up mo yung fillings kahit wala na yung strips ..masarap pa din

Oh, may paraan pala, pizza crust na nbibili sa supermarket, hehe try ko ate mers,di ko naisip yun ah, thank you ate mers.

You're welcome!

ang sweetsssj ng PILIPINAS ... ang tindi talaga ni madaam mers :))

nakakatakam , parang ang sarap nyan

@trisun ...Oh ayan nagutom ka tuloy ...😊 salamuch!

@donkeypong @hanshotfirst .. this may not be made of gravenstein apples but our local sort is as delicious as well.

Coin Marketplace

STEEM 0.18
TRX 0.15
JST 0.029
BTC 62837.64
ETH 2542.11
USDT 1.00
SBD 2.65