In this video you will see an insane apple peeling machine, that peels an apple in seconds! <br />This was a present from our neighbours for our wedding. It's awesome.<br /><br />I use it a lot when I'm making apple pie -- I break the "apple slinkys" up into slice-sized pieces, which has a number of advantages:<br /><br />- the pie cooks very evenly<br />- they're good size for eating<br />- the pie holds together really well<br /><br />Ingredients for shortcrust pastry:<br />- 2 cups all purpose flour<br />- 125g (4oz) butter: chilled and diced<br />- 3-4 tablespoons of chilled water<br />- pinch of salt<br /><br />Ingredients for apple pie:<br />- 5 or 6 large granny smith apples<br />- 20g (3/4oz) butter<br />- 1/2 cup caster sugar<br />- 1/2 cup to 1 cup of sultanas or raisins (depending on how many you like)<br />- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice<br />- 2 tablespoons of corn flour (cornstarch)<br />- 1 teaspooon of ground cinnamon<br />- a pinch of ground cloves<br />- 1 beaten egg<br />- caster sugar to sprinkle on top<br /><br />Recipe for shortcut pastry:<br />- sift flour and salt into a large bowl.<br />- rub the butter into the flour mixture with your fingertips until it resembles fine breadcrumbs (lift it up high and let it fall into the bowl).<br />- make a well in the centre of the mixture, add the chilled water and mix with a flat-bladed knife. Use a cutting action, rather than a stirring action. Add a bit more water if the dough doesn't come together - but not too much!<br />- press the dough into a ball and flatten into a disc.<br /><br />You can keep the dough in the fridge for a couple of days if you wrap it in clingwrap.<br /><br />Recipe for apple pie:<br />- refrigerate the pastry for at least 30 minutes (wrapped in clingwrap)<br />- peel and core the apples using an Apple Coring Machine!<br />- melt the butter in a large saucepan and add the sugar, apple, lemon juice, sultanas/raisins and 1 tablespoon of water.<br />- cook over a medium heat until the apple has softened (should take less than 10 minutes).<br />- taste it now; add sugar if you want it sweeter.<br />- evenly mix in the spices and cornflour and stir well over the heat for another min
