Dutch Appeltaart broke the record on Embassy Facebook page in Ukraine
The September edition of Dutch Food Calendar with the recipe of Appletaart became the top news on the Embassy Facebook Page with almost 30000 views.
We invite you to learn the story of the Apple pie from the Netherlands and try to bake your own pie in the coming weekend.
In September the Dutch Food Calendar presents Apple pie / Appeltaart.
A lot of countries have their apple pie recipes, but we are proud to say the Dutch version is the best one. And if you do not believe us, take it from US president Clinton. He once visited a Dutch brown cafe in Amsterdam, and was so in love with his one piece he asked if he could take the entire pie home. We know the recipe has a long tradition in the Netherlands because a version of it can be found in the first Dutch language cookbook ever, stemming from 1514.
You know you have encountered a Dutch apple pie when it has good thick crust made from sand dough, a rich filling of apples and raisins and a dough-made raster on top. You can get it in almost every Dutch café, but it’s also extremely popular with many home baking aficionados: it’s simple, and since apple harvest season starts in September it’s a great way to comfort yourself with the passing of summer. It’s also the one exception to our infamous ‘one cookie rule’. Our Queen herself, from Argentinian descent, expressed slight horror over her discovery that Dutch people only serve their guests one cookie to go with their coffee. But if you visit someone in September, you might get lucky and be offered coffee with a point of warm apple pie, and who knows, even some whipped cream on the side…
INGREDIENTS
Dough: 300 g flour, 200 g butter, 150 g sugar, pinch of salt, 1 egg
Filling: 1 kg apples, lemon juice, 2 tsp cinnamon, 50 g sugar, 50 g dry raisins
DIRECTIONS
1. Mix flour, sugar, butter, and 3/4 of the egg, knead it into dough and leave in the fridge for an hour
2. Cut the apples, sprinkle with lemon juice, mix with cinnamon, sugar and raisins
3. Preheat the oven to 175°C. Cover baking tin with 60% of the dough, fill it with the apples.
4. Make a grid on top with the rest of the dough, and brush it with the left 1/4 of egg. Bake for about 60-70 min.
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