"I am bringing you this spring inspired apple and rhubarb pie, perfect for your Easter Holiday table. This pie crust comes together with ease because I used Country Crock's new Buttery Sticks which come out of the fridge at the perfect texture ready to go!"
Rhubarb And Apple Pie
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Prep time 3hrs
Cook time 25mins
Serves or Makes: 8-10
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For the Pie Dough
ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 sticks Country Crock Salted Buttery Sticks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 1 cup cold water
- 1 cup ice
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
For the Filling
ingredients
- 300 grams (about 3 cups) rhubarb, chopped into about 1/4 inch pieces
- 750 grams (about 4 cups) apples, peeled, cored, quartered and thinly sliced
- 2/3 cups raw sugar, plus more for sprinkling
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- Pinch of salt
- 1/4 cup tapioca starch
- Egg wash, 1 egg whisked with 1 teaspoon water
To Make the Pie Dough
Method
Step 1
Place flour and sugar into a large bowl. Cut Country Crock Buttery Sticks into chunks, and add to the flour. Toss lightly to coat. Add the vanilla bean paste. Working quickly, using a pastry blender or your fingers, cut the buttery baking sticks into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse bread crumbs. You want a few lumps of the buttery sticks remaining to keep the pastry nice and tender.
Step 2
Combine ice, water and cider vinegar in a bowl. Sprinkle a few tablespoons of the ice water into the flour and butter mixture, and using a stiff spatula or your hands, mix in well. Continue adding water a tablespoon at a time, until you have a dough that holds together well, but is not too wet. Squeeze together with your fingertips to make a homogenous dough. Divide the dough into two pieces,one slightly larger than the other. Shape the smaller piece into a disc, and the larger piece into a rectangle, and wrap in plastic wrap. Rest in the fridge for at least two hours, or preferably overnight.
To Make the Filling and Assembly
Step 1
On a lightly floured surface, roll the disc into a circle slightly larger than your pie dish. You want it to be approximately 1/8 inch (3mm) in thickness. Line a 9" pie dish, leaving the extra dough overhanging. Trim the dough so there is about half an inch overlapping the edge of your dish. Press any extra dough back into a ball and wrap in plastic - this is great to use for cutouts or extra lattice. Place in the fridge while you prepare the filling and lattice.
Step 2
Roll out rectangle of dough to approximately 1/8th of an inch thick. Use a pastry cutter to cut strips of your desired thickness for your lattice - you can lattice any way that you like! Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and rest in the fridge while you prepare your filling. If you are using pastry stamps, roll out any scrap dough and use the stamps to cut out shapes. Place these alongside the lattice until you are ready to use them.
Step 3
In a large bowl, toss together the apple and rhubarb. Add the sugar, vanilla bean paste, salt and tapioca starch, and toss to combine. Transfer the filling to the pastry lined pie dish, doming the filling slightly in the middle and ensuring that it is tightly packed.
Step 4
Arrange the strips of pie dough on the top of the pie, in whatever lattice pattern you would like. Trim any overlapping pie dough and lattice strips so that they are flush with the edge of the pie dish, and press down lightly to seal. If you are adding cut-outs, add them where desired, securing them down with a little dot of egg wash or water.
Step 5
Rest the pie in the fridge for at least 30 minutes. While the pie is resting in the fridge, preheat the oven to 425˚f/ 220˚c. Place a baking tray on the bottom rack of the oven.
Step 6
Brush the pie with egg wash, and sprinkle liberally with raw sugar. Bake at 425˚f / 220˚c for 20 minutes, or until the pastry is set and beginning to go golden. Reduce the temperature 375˚f / 190˚c, and bake until the pastry is deeply golden and the filling is bubbling.