Apple pie
Serves: 6
Time to make: 55 mins
Total cost: $13.20 / $2.20 per serve
(at time of publication)
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons reduced-fat spread
- 6 large granny smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup orange juice
- 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 sheets filo pastry
- cooking oil spray
- 2 teaspoons castor sugar
- 1 tablespoon flaked almonds
- low-fat vanilla custard to serve
Instructions
1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Melt spread in a large non-stick pan over low heat. Add the apples, sugar, juice, vanilla and cinnamon. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes, or until apples soften slightly. Spoon mixture into a 6-cup capacity pie dish and set aside to cool slightly.
2 Stack pastry sheets, spraying lightly between each with cooking oil. Put the pastry on top of the apples to cover, and fold over edges.
3 Brush with a little water and sprinkle with castor sugar and almonds. Bake for 30 minutes, until the pastry is golden. Serve warm with low-fat custard if desired.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
Kilojoules 900kJ
Calories 215cal
Protein 2.2g
Total fat 7g
–Saturated fat 1.2g
Carbohydrates 36.5g
–Sugars 30g
Dietary fibre 2.6g
Sodium 90mg
Calcium 50mg
Iron 0.7mg
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