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Apple Pandowdy

Apple Pandowdy is a vintage New England recipe with a rich, sweet and very distinctive apple flavor.

Yield: 8 servings
Prep: 30 minsCook: 1 hourTotal: 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

Extremely Flaky Pie Crust

  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons butter cut into small pieces; well chilled (or frozen)
  • 4 tablespoons lard, well chilled (we found lard at Walmart)
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening, well chilled
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons ice water, divided

Filling

  • 2 1/2 pound baking apples such as Courtland, Granny Smith or Jonathan
  • 1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • Pinch or two of ground cloves
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup real maple syrup
  • 3 tablespoons finely minced salt pork
  • Heavy cream, for serving
  • Maple syrup, for serving

Instructions

  1. Make the crust by adding the flour and salt to a food processor and pulse to combine.
  2. Add the cold butter cubes and pulse just to coat them in the flour.
  3. Add lard and again, pulse just a few times.
  4. Add shortening and again pulse a few times.
  5. Add two tablespoons of the ice water and pulse to make a dry dough until it just starts to hold together.
  6. Pour out onto a lightly floured work surface and add remaining water a little bit at a time and mix with your hands. As soon as it stays together, flatten into a disk, wrap in plastic and refrigerate 30 minutes or longer. (I made this a day in advance).
  7. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  8. Butter a 9X9 baking pan and set aside.
  9. Peel and core apples and slice into thick slices. Place in a bowl add lemon juice as you go so they do not brown.
  10. Add cinnamon, black pepper, cloves and flour and toss to combine.
  11. Pour apples into prepared baking pan and drizzle the maple syrup.
  12. Finally sprinkle the raw minced salt pork over the top.
  13. Take the dough from the refrigerator and open the plastic but leave the dough sitting on the plastic.
  14. Flour your hands or a rolling pin and flatten dough to 10X10 square.
  15. Lift the plastic and invert it over the apples and press the edges down into the pan. Don’t worry about it looking neat.
  16. Bake for 45 minutes.
  17. Remove from oven and with a spoon, break the crust up and push some of it down into the filling and bake for 15 more minutes.
  18. While the pandowdy is baking, drizzle a little maple syrup into some heavy cream to sweeten it and to serve, spoon the warm pandowdy into a bowl or plate and drizzle the top with the sweetened cream.

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© Author: A Family Feast
Cuisine: American Method: Baking

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