Making the Original Apple Pie of Medieval England

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@MrsBr0wn_82 I love the medieval flavour profile: ginger and cinnamon and nutmeg in both courses

As American as British trees grafted with Roman apples layered with French spices.

Sounds more like a mince pie.

I've never considered cooking a pie in a spring form pan. It does make a pie with a lot of filling!

What makes it American is putting a slice of cheese on top 🇺🇸

Most fruit "pies" are just tarts, so no lid on top. However, there are some notable exceptions, mince pies, and Cheshire pies.

Damn sure looks good. I would definitely give this one a try. I absolutely love apples. My favorite, apple pie and whisky. You wouldn't think it but after a long day, they go really well together. I mean, dont get plastered off the whisky but sipping it with apple pie is great.

My studies indicated that, in the UK, pies were usually savory and contained meat. Fruits were served as tarts, shallower than modern pies, and without a top crust. It was the USA that popularized fruit filled, fully crusted pie... this is the legend.

That’s basically a mincemeat pie.

The Dutch still make apple pies with cinnamon & raisins.

Man, that looks amazing.

I'd love to find a way to make the water crust delicious

Grafting is a required process for all fruits and nuts. Some fruits are easier to graft than others. Apples graft easier than oranges or avocados. English walnut are grafted on the root stocks of black walnuts.

So.. really it's a Roman apple pie.

I didn't realize that some old recipes were vague on purpose to let the baker use what ingredients they could actually get.

This is great. I haven't used hot water crust with a sweet filling before, does it work?

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I got excited for a minute, till you said raisins. LOL Raisins only belong in Irish Soda Bread. After that they just destroy whatever good thing ya made. (But that’s just me.)

This looks REALLY good!

That looks delicious

Looks wonderful. As a side note, I use Grains of Paradise in most of my cooking, in lieu of pepper.

Buttery flakey crust huh?

cumpot is more like a juice not a mush

An original? Not behind glass?

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Typical American butchery of other people’s history with false facts taken from Wikipedia.

My partner and I watch various food channels on YT, and you’re on heavy rotation.

cheese on top is the only correct way to eat it and i will not be taking questions

That looks like you’ve never used a knife before

With Granny Smith? Absolutely

I know of an orchard which grows all sorts of historical apple varieties. An old church ground in fact.