This is a delicious and comforting festive dessert. I like to serve it warm with a
generous glug of Waitrose and Partners No.1 Madagascan Vanilla Custard.
Serves 8
Ingredients
- 200g plain flour
- 70g instant polenta or medium ground cornmeal
- 70g light brown sugar
- 1tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp fine sea salt
- 170g unsalted butter, melted
For the filling
- 600g bramley apples, peeled, cored and chopped
- 200g Waitrose Christmas mincemeat
- 70g light brown sugar
- ½ lemon, juice only
- Pinch of salt
To finish
- Icing sugar to dust
Equipment: John Lewis & Partners Professional Non-Stick Pie Dish 26cm,
greased with butter
Method
Preheat your oven to 180 °C /160 °C fan/Gas mark 4.
Prepare the pie crust by adding the flour, polenta, sugar, baking powder and salt to a bowl and mixing well. Add the melted butter to the dry ingredients and combine with a spoon until no dry bits remain.
In a separate bowl prepare the filling by mixing the chopped apples, mincemeat, sugar, lemon juice and pinch of salt together. Transfer to the greased pie dish. Press the pie crust mixture together roughly into clumps with your hands and scatter over the fruity filling.
Bake in the oven for about 40 minutes, until the crust is golden brown. I placed a tray on the shelf underneath to catch any juice that bubbled over. Leave to cool on a wire rack before serving.
Food by Miriam 