Traditional Scottish Recipes - Apple Butterscotch Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 7 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 47 mins

Ingredients

• 9 inches flan pastry dough
• 4 -6 cups apples, to fill the flan case completely
• 100 g demerara sugar (light brown)
• 125 g granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons plum jam
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons cream
• 1 egg
• 2 egg whites
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 you can use a ready-prepared pastry flan case or make your own. i recommend basic pie & pastry crust + tips & tricks.(i would like to mention that on rampantscotland.com, most pie crust recipes are made with half lard, half butter. seems to be another scottish touch, which i like).
• 2 peel and thinly slice the apples to fill the case completely.
• 3 beat together one egg and two tablespoon of cream. mix this with the brown sugar, flour and pinch of salt.
• 4 spread this mixture over the apples and bake in a preheated oven at 220c/425f/gas mark 7 for ten minutes. then reduce the heat to 180c/350f/gas mark 4 for a further 20 minutes or so, until the apples are soft.
• 5 make a meringue topping by placing two egg whites in a dry bowl and beat with an electric whisk/mixer until firm peaks form. add the sugar gradually, beating constantly until the mixture is thick and glossy and all the sugar has dissolved.
• 6 spread the plum jam over the apples and then spoon the meringue over the filling. swirl into peaks with a fork or flat-bladed knife.
• 7 bake for a further 20 minutes or so until the meringue is lightly golden.(watch kind of closely, i've burned meringues by following these directions excactly because ovens vary) serve cold.