Spiced Apple Pie

Ingredients

190 gr all purpose flour
14 gr sugar
3 gr salt
1 gr mace
65 gr butter
95 gr vegetable shortening
75 ml water

Instructions

----------------------------------FILLING---------------------------------3 lb Tart green apples; peeled, cut in 1 cm thick slices half c Sugar + 1 tsp half c Golden brown sugar; packed quarter c All purpose flour 1 tb Fresh lemon juice 1 ts Ground cinnamon half ts Ground nutmeg half ts Grated lemon peel quarter ts Ground mace quarter ts Ground cloves quarter ts Ground allspice 1 ts Milk For Crust: Combine flour, sugar, salt and mace in processor. Using on/off turns, cut in chilled butter and vegetable shortening till mixture resembles coarse meal. Gradually blend in enough water by tablespoonfuls to form moist clumps. Gather dough into ball. divide dough into 2 pieces. Flatten each into disk. Wrap each in plastic and refrigerate 1 hour. (Can be prepared 3 days ahead. Keep refrigerated. Soften dough slightly at room temperature before rolling.) For Filling: Position rack in lowest third of oven and preheat to 200ÂșC In large bowl, toss apples with half cup sugar, brown sugar, flour, lemon juice, cinnamon nutmeg, lemon peel, mace, cloves and allspice. Roll out 1 dough disk on lightly floured surface to 30 cm diameter round. Transfer to 23 cm diameter deep-dish glass pie plate. Trim dough overhang to 1 cm. Brush edge of crust lightly with water. Transfer apple mixture to crust, mounding in center. Roll out second dough disk to 30 cm diameter round. Place atop apples. Trim dough overhang to 3 cm; reserve scraps. Fold top crust edge under bottom crust edge, pressing to seal. Crimp edge decoratively. Reroll pastry scraps and cut out leaf shapes. Brush 1 side of each leaf with milk and arrange, milk side down, decoratively atop crust. Cut several slits in crust to allow steam to escape. Brush crust with milk; sprinkle with remaining 1 teaspoon sugar. Place pie on baking sheet. Bake until crust is golden brown and juices bubble, covering crust edges with aluminum foil if browning too quickly, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Transfer pie to rack and cool.