Ingredients

25 gr unsalted butter

400gr plain or sweet short crust pastry

500gr ground almonds

500gr apples peeled quartered peeled cored and slice

2 cloves

50 gr golden granulated sugar

Method

Butter a 25cm pie plate and reserved the rest of the butter Divide the pastry in two and roll out half of it to line the pie plate Sprinkle the base of the pie with ground almonds to absorb the juices . Arrange the fruit tuck in the cloves dab on the remaining butter and sprinkle with sugar . Moisten the rim of a pie base. Roll out the second pierce of pastry and cover the pie with it . Seal and trim the edges . Decorate with top of pastry trimmings if you wish .  Make a whole of the stem to escape and bake in a preheated oven at 200 degrees C, Gas mark 6 for 12 minutes and turn down to 180 degrees celcius, gas mark 4 , For another 30 minutes or so . serve hot , warm or cold.

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