Ingredients
- 1 lemon peel
- 300 gr sugar
- 250 gr flour
- 160 ml apple juice
- 160 ml port wine
- 130 gr shortening
- 85 gr sharp cheddar cheese
- 80 ml water
- 32 gr cornstarch
- 28 gr butter
- 3 gr salt
- 8 slices cooking apples
For the filling, combine sugar and cornstarch in lg saucepan. Stir in apple juice, port, butter and lemon peel. Cook over medium heat until mixture boils. Add apples and cook gently until barely tender. To make Cheddar Cheese crust, mix flour, salt and shortening with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in cheese. Add water gradually and mix lightly with fork to form dough. Divide pastry in halves and roll out one half to fit 9-in. pie pan. Roll second half of pastry and cut into 10 ( half in.) strips. Spoon filling into pastry-lined pan. Weave pastry strips across filling to make lattice top. Bake at 375 deg. 30 to 45 min. or until done. Serve warm. ----
