Golden delicious, passionfruit and lemon pie

Herald on Sunday 15/4/2012

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Grant Allen

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Make one batch of cream cheese pastry, adding the fine zest of half a lemon and a teaspoon of ground cinnamon while combining. Or use bought shortcrust.

Ingredients

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4	Apples
1	Lemon, juice
1 tbsp	Honey
2	Passionfruits
2 sprigs	Lemon verbena
1 sheet	Shortcrust pastry

Directions

Peel, core and dice 4 golden delicious apples into eighths.
Barely cover with cold water, the juice of a lemon and a tablespoon of honey and just poach.
Strain the apples and reduce the liquid to a syrup. Pour back over the apples and cool.
Add the pulp of 2 passionfruit.
If you have lemon verbena add a leaf or two, and pick a sprig for garnish.
Place the filling into your pie dish. Cover with the pastry and cut around the edge to sit just on the rim.
Press around the edge with a fork and glaze the pastry with a beaten egg.
Make a hole in the middle of the pastry to let the steam out. Sit the sprig of lemon verbena on the pie.
Bake in a preheated moderate oven till crisp and browned. This pie is not over sweet so serve with some sweet whipped cream or ice cream.