Mum’s Irish Apple Pie

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.75 cup cake flour
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cold unsalted butter, cubed
• 3 tablespoons shortening
• 0.25 cup sour cream
• 0.125 teaspoon lemon juice
• 5 large Granny Smith apples – peeled, cored and sliced
• 0.5 cup white sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 0.5 tablespoon ground nutmeg
• 0.125 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 large egg, beaten

Steps

1. To make the crust: Combine flours, sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Cut in butter and shortening with 2 knives or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Mix in sour cream and lemon juice until dough comes together; some lumps are okay. Divide dough in half and shape into 2 disks. Wrap each in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch pie dish.
3. Roll 1 dough disk out to fit the prepared 9-inch pie dish. Roll out remaining dough disk for top crust; set aside.
4. To make the filling: Place apples into crust in the pie dish. Stir together sugar, flour, and nutmeg in a small bowl; sprinkle over apples. Drizzle with lemon juice.
5. Brush outer edge of bottom crust with beaten egg. Cover with top crust; trim and crimp edges together. Brush top with beaten egg and cut 4 steam vents.
6. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 45 minutes. Allow pie to completely cool before serving.