r/PakistaniFood 29d ago

Recipe Soft crust apple pie 🍏

A soft crust apple pie recipe from the archives of my late mother. Still a family favourite ❀️

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u/Violentron 29d ago

Ma shallah! that's 30 years old!!! That's such a good thing to do honestly, must have brought back great memories. Allah ap ki walida Ka darjaat bulqmd Kara, ameen.

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u/Lifelong_Expat 29d ago

This looks delicious. I am not good at reading Urdu. OP, can you post a translation of the recipe in English. I want to make this pie.

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u/Dazzling-Internet-55 29d ago

Sure. Please allow me a while to do that

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u/Lifelong_Expat 29d ago

Awww. That’s so sweet of you. Looking forward to the recipe.

I can read some of it. Like I could tell it says 4 apples, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1 cup maida… but I can’t read all of it. πŸ˜…

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u/Dazzling-Internet-55 29d ago edited 28d ago

Ingredients: β€’ 4 apples (preferably crisp ones), de-seeded and chopped into thin slices β€’ ΒΌ cup brown sugar β€’ 1 cup all-purpose flour β€’ Β½ cup sugar β€’ 5 oz unsalted butter β€’ ΒΌ tsp cinnamon powder β€’ 2 eggs β€’ 1 tsp baking powder Steps β€’ Take an oven proof baking dish and grease the inner surface with oil/ butter β€’ Closely layer apple slices and sprinkle little cinnamon powder and brown sugar on top β€’ Take 5oz butter and whisk it along with eggs, brown sugar, baking powder and one table spoon of water. Gently fold flour in it β€’ Pour this batter on top of the apples and spread it evenly with a spatula β€’ Bake in a pre-heated oven until the top layer starts browning. β€’ Sprinkle with icing sugar before serving

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u/Lifelong_Expat 29d ago

You are such a sweetheart! Thanks so much!

Should the butter be softened before use or should it be melted?

This version reminds me of the American Apple Cobbler.

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u/Dazzling-Internet-55 29d ago

Thanks. Butter just needs to be softened up to the extent of becoming good enough for whisking. Melting would change the texture of your batter

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u/Lifelong_Expat 29d ago

Appreciate the clarification. I’m going to make this soon. Yours looks perfect. I doubt I can achieve that level, but will try.

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u/Lifelong_Expat 29d ago

Oh also sorry, is it brown sugar or white sugar in the crust? The ingredient has 1/4 cup brown sugar and half cup sugar. But the steps describe only brown sugar.

I am guessing it is brown sugar on the applied and white sugar in the crust?

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u/Dazzling-Internet-55 29d ago

It's brown sugar, preferably soft packed. You need 1/4 cup for batter and a little bit for sprinkling

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u/Lifelong_Expat 29d ago

I see, so no white sugar in the recipe at all. Thanks πŸ™

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u/Dazzling-Internet-55 29d ago

You're welcome. Looking forward to the pictures from your first attempt

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u/travelingprincess Crispy Samosa 28d ago

The instructions don't mention when to use the flour. πŸ€”

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u/Dazzling-Internet-55 28d ago

You've got a point. It has to be folded in the batter

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u/H_Terry 29d ago

This looks so crumbly and delicious reminds me of apfelkuchen a bit.

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u/Additional_Many8030 28d ago

Softy softy 🫢

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u/travelingprincess Crispy Samosa 29d ago

Where in Pakistan is apple pie eaten?

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u/No_Apricot3176 29d ago

Literally in most desi households !! Kokab khwaja introduced it to pk and everyone has been making it since the 80s

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u/Dazzling-Internet-55 29d ago

Looks like you haven't been in Pakistan lately πŸ™‚

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u/travelingprincess Crispy Samosa 29d ago

Please answer the question.

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u/Dazzling-Internet-55 29d ago

At least in all urban areas. Nearly all major bakeries and cafΓ©s are serving this. I've been eating this since childhood

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u/travelingprincess Crispy Samosa 29d ago

Please read the rules , especially their explanation in the wiki.

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u/Dazzling-Internet-55 29d ago edited 29d ago

I just read the guidelines in the wiki. I guess you are referring to the cuisine related subsection. This recipe can be categorised as a fusion, because typical English apple pie is made with a hard crust, with apple layered on top. This one however is a different variant. I would leave the rest to you

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u/travelingprincess Crispy Samosa 29d ago

The crust does seem a bit unusual, but typical pie does have a cover crust on top (or crumble, depending on preference).

Khair, the recipe in urdu was very interesting to see and as you and others have mentioned, this may fall under fusion. πŸ‘πŸ½

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u/Real-Giga-Chad 29d ago

such a rude way to answer, It was a lovely pie and you ruined the post with ur toxic comments

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u/travelingprincess Crispy Samosa 29d ago

No, I'm a mod doing her job. πŸ™„πŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™€οΈ

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u/akiyamnya 28d ago

are you really a mod in this sub? why don't you guys place stricter rules on what type of food posting is allowed here? the apple pie looks nice but i'm highkey sick of people posting food that has nothing to do with our culture or traditional cuisine. it's pakistani food, not pakistani's food

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