CHOCOLATE APPLE PIE

 

PASTRY

Mix 1 cup of plain flour with 2 tbs of icing sugar .

Rub 100gm of margarine /butter in the flour .

Add 1 egg yolk and work together into a dough .

Cover with cling wrap and refrigerate .

 

Preheat your oven to 160 deg C

 

FILLING

Peel and core 6 apples and slice very thinly .

Using your electric beater beat together 75gm  marg/butter with 1/2 cup of castor sugar until smooth .

Add 1/2 cup of almond meal .

Lightly beat together 2 egg yolks and add these slowly to the mix.

In a small bowl , mix 1 tbs of plain flour and the grated peel of 1 orange together and add to the batter .

Now remove the dough from the refrigerator and roll out to cover the base and sides of a 23cm springform pan , that has been sprayed with cooking oil and sprinkled with polenta or fine  breadcrumbs .

Melt 125gm of dark chocolate ( I used Lindt Excellence Dark Chilli .) and allow to cool slightly,

Stir the melted and cooled chocolate into the batter .
In a separate bowl beat the 2 egg whites until stiff peaks form.
Fold them gently into the batter .
Spread a little of the batter over the bottom of the pie crust
Layer 1/2 the sliced apples ( overlapping ) over the batter .
Spread 1/2 of the remaining batter over the apples and the rest of the apple slices on top .
Finish off with the remaining chocolate batter .
Bake in the middle of the oven for 60 minutes .