CHEF'S APPLE PIE

Chef's Apple Pie image

Provided by Food Network

Yield 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 15

3 cups corn flour
2 1/3 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons salt
4 sticks unsalted butter, very cold and cut into pieces
3/4 cup cold (iced) water
6 golden delicious apples, peeled, cored, wedged
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Pinch nutmeg
Pinch cumin
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 stick unsalted butter

Steps:

For the crust: Combine half of dry ingredients into a food processor. Add half of butter pieces into mixture and pulse until it resembles coarse meal. Turn out into a bowl. Repeat with remaining half of ingredients. Add ice water to bowl with dough. Press together and divide corn crust into 2 equal parts. One will be used for this pie, and the other refrigerate for future use. Press 3/4 of crust into a pie dish and refrigerate for 20 minutes. Rest of crust will be for crumbling on top of pie later.
For the filling: Combine all of the ingredients for the filling, except butter, and pour into pie crust. Crumble rest of crust mixture over the top and dot with unsalted butter. Bake in a preheated oven at 375 degrees for 35 to 50 minutes, until top is golden and bubbling.