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I am always confused as to how to serve this recipe...is it a desert, entree or a side dish?

Technically it could be all three

you will need:

for the crust

3/4 cup butter
1/4 shorting
2 1/4 cups flour
3/4 cup corn meal
1tbs corn starch
2 tbsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk (see note 1)
1tbsp cider vinegar

for the filling:

5 granny smith apples (or other tart cooking apples)
4 tbsp brown sugar firmly packed
1 tablespoon flour (see note2)
1/8 tsp cloves
1/8 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp nutmeg
6 ounces of sliced cooked ham
2 tbs butter
3 tbsp heavy cream

egg wash 1 egg yolk mixed with an additional tablespoon of cream

method:

for the crust mix all the dry ingredients together cut in butter and shorting until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs add milk and cider vinegar and mix until combined

Note 1: you are probably going to need to mix in more milk a half cup is a good baseline, just enough to bind the crust. it may be as much as a quarter cup more milk it all depends upon the brand of flour and cornmeal and the relative humidity.

let dough chill for at least 20 minutes

meanwhile peel cut and core the apples slice thinly and mix with sugar flour and spices. set aside

preheat oven to 425

Note 2: i found that the filling was rather watery i think this recipe needs a a teaspoon more flour.

take half of the dough for the crust and roll out into an 1/8 of an inch round transfer to a 10 inch pie pan (let dough overhang) arrange half of the ham on the bottom of the pan top with a ring of apples dot with half of the 2 tablespoons of butter alternate layers of ham and apples making the top layer apples dot with remaining butter and pour the heavy cream over the top


roll out the other half of the dough and transfer to the top of the pie.

crimp edges to seal

cut steam vents across the top at regular intervals

you can decorate the top with any extra dough scraps cut into decorative shapes

(i didn't)

brush with egg wash

bake 10 minutes at 425 then reduce the heat to 350 and bake an additional 30-35 minutes


let cool slightly before serving

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