Sadia's Kitchen

Ingredients For the pastry: 255g/9oz plain flour pinch of salt 140g/5oz hard margarine or butter 6 tsp cold water For the filling: 3 large Bramley cooking apples, chopped, stewed and cooled sugar, to taste caster sugar, to serve Method 1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. 2. Sieve the flour and salt into a bowl. 3. Rub in the margarine or butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. 4. Add the cold water to the flour mixture. Using a knife, mix the water into the flour, using your hand to firm up the mixture. The pastry should be of an even colour and suitable consistency for rolling. 5. Divide the pastry into two halves. Take one half and roll it out so that it is big enough to cover an 20cm/8in enamel or aluminium plate. Trim the edges with a knife using the edge of the plate as your guide. 6. Cover the pastry with the stewed apples and sprinkle with sugar to taste. 7. Roll out the other half of the pastry. Moisten the edge of the bottom layer of pastry and place the secon...