Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Apple and Grape Pie


Recently, I found myself left with a whole bunch of sliced apples that I had leftover from my  Upside Down Toffee Apple Cake, and a lot of red grapes left over from some Eating with Ellie dishes.  I was keen not to waste these precious ingredients, so I began Googling for a cake recipe using apples and grapes.  I found one, but I also found that apple and grape pies seemed to be way more popular.  I don't make pies very often because they are a lot more effort than your average cake, but on this occasion, the evidence was irrefutably in favour of making an apple and grape pie.



I ended up using elements from two different recipes for my pie.  I used the crust recipe from Bon Appetit and the filling recipe from Spinach Tiger.


The Bon Appetit crust baked up as a wonderful combination of buttery and crisp (because of the shortening).  It was relatively easy to work with as well.



However, I used Spinach Tiger's filling because it left the apples and grapes largely in their natural state without cooking them down first, and it was of course a lot quicker to make.

The resulting pie was absolutely heavenly.  The apples cooked down so much that the most noticable element of the filling was the grapes.

I did have a lot of juice cook out of the pie and I worried about a "soggy bottom" on my pie; however, when I took the pie out of its tin, there was no issues - the base had held up with the par-baked crust.

If you happen to have a glut of apples and grapes on hand, or just fancy the combination of apples and grapes, I can highly recommend this pie. 

10 comments:

Cheri Savory Spoon said...

I bet apples and grapes are a wonderful compliment to each other. The crust looks perfectly baked.

~~louise~~ said...

I'm so glad you were happy with the results of this pie Gaye. It sounds like you really did your research and found the best of both, not to mention the best of apples and grapes too:)

It sure looks heavenly. I think using Angela's filling recipe was a GREAT idea, just look at those grapes waiting to be plucked, lol...I'm sure there isn't any left but if there was, ...

Thanks so much for sharing, Gaye...

Pam said...

Interesting combo of ingredients! I would've never thought to do that, but your pie sounds delicious! The crust looks perfect too!

Kari said...

This sounds like a wonderful twist on apple pie. Thanks for the idea.

Diane Zwang said...

This sounds like a great idea. I love pie and am looking forward to the summer pie season.

Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella said...

My heart skipped a beat when I saw this. It looks so good! And Angela from Spinach Tiger is such a lovely blogger :)

Andrea_TheKitchenLioness said...

Gaye, a wonderful combination of flavors here and I do love the look of that perfect pie crust!

Kayte said...

I have never had apples and grapes together in a pie before but it sounds delicious, so I will visit that soon as pie is the dessert of preference here with the guys. Your pie looks so good, like I could just put my fork in it and grab a bite through the screen. Spinach Tiger and I used to cook together in Whisk Wednesdays and the Italian group we cooked through Marcella Hazan's recipes. She has great recipes.

Cakelaw said...

I am new to Angela's blog - a chance find.

Kayte said...

She has such beautiful photos as well, and is as nice as they come!