Apple Pie With Port With Cheddar Cheese Crust

Recipe Ingredients

		Filling
1 1/2 cups	297g / 10oz	Sugar
1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	Cornstarch
2/3 cup	157ml	Apple juice
2/3 cup	157ml	Port
2 tablespoons	30ml	Butter or margarine
1		Lemon - (grated peel only)
8		Cooking apples - peeled (medium) and sliced
		Cheddar Cheese Crust
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Sifted flour
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
2/3 cup	131g / 4.6oz	Shortening
3/4 cup	177ml	Shredded sharp cheddar
5 tablespoons	75ml	Cold water - (or more)

Recipe Instructions

Combine sugar and cornstarch in large saucepan. Stir in apple juice, port, butter and lemon peel. Cook over medium heat until mixture boils. Add apples and cook gently until barely tender.

To make Cheddar Cheese crust, mix flour, salt and shortening with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in cheese. Add water gradually and mix lightly with fork to form dough. Divide pastry in halves and roll out one half to fit 9-inch pie pan.

Roll second half of pastry and cut into 10 (1/2-inch) strips. Spoon filling into pastry-lined pan. Weave pastry strips across filling to make lattice top.  Bake at 375F for 30 to 45 minutes, or until done. Serve warm.

Source:
Dianne Waller

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