Best Hungarian Apple Pie Alma Pite Recipes

Hungarian Apple Pie: Alma Pite image

Provided by Olha7397

Categories Pie

Time 1h

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
6 tablespoons margarine
6 tablespoons cold water
1/2 cup apricot preserves
1/4 cup ground almonds
6 medium cooking apples, peeled,cored and chopped
1/3 cup sugar
1 lemon, juice and zest of, grated
1 egg yolk, beaten
2 tablespoons powdered sugar

Steps:

Sift the flour into a bowl.
Add the salt; butter and margarine.
Blend the butter and margarine into the flour using a pastry blender or fingertips.
When thoroughly mixed, add the water.
Stir with a fork until the mixture forms a smooth dough.
Chill 20 minutes.
Cut the pastry in half and roll out to fit an 8 inch pie plate.
Spread with apricot preserves and sprinkle on the almonds.
Combine the apples, sugar and lemon juice and transfer to the pie shell.
Top with the remaining pastry and pinch the edges together.
Prick the surface with a fork.
Brush with beaten egg yolk and bake in a preheated 375°F oven for 45 minutes.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve hot or cold.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 615.5, Fat 26.4, SaturatedFat 9.8, Cholesterol 62, Sodium 423.3, Carbohydrate 91.4, Fiber 5.3, Sugar 38.4, Protein 7.5

Almas Pite (Hungarian Apple Cake) image

Provided by Zsuzsa

Categories Dessert

Time P1DT1h

Yield 20 slices, 15-20 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

500 g self raising flour
2 teaspoons dry yeast
5 tablespoons sugar
250 g butter, chopped
3 egg yolks
1 cup sour cream or 1 cup pure cream
6 -7 Red Delicious apples
100 g walnuts, crushed
caster sugar
cinnamon

Steps:

To Make the Dough:.
In a food processor, process butter, egg yolks and sour cream or cream.
Add the flour, dry yeast and sugar. Process until dough is light and does not stick to the sides of the processor.
If the dough is too moist, add a bit more flour, if too dry, add a bit of milk.
Cover and put in the fridge overnight.
Take the dough out of the fridge about 1-2 hours before you bake it, so the dough can soften a little.
Preheat oven to 200 degrees celsius and greas a rectangular baking dish.
Cut the dough in two, and roll out to the size of your baking dish and place one part inches.
Sprinkle with walnuts.
Grate the apples and squeeze all the juice out.
Put apples on top of walnuts.
Sprinkle with caster sugar and cinnamon.
Put the other half of the dough on top.
Brush with a beaten egg and prick with a fork in a few places to allow steam to escape.
Bake for around 35-40 minutes.
Cool in baking dish.
Great served with cream!