Apple and Nut Pie

This apple pie with nuts consists of a pastry base, a fruit and nut filling, and a sweet meringue topping with lemon zest and cinnamon. It is baked in two stages: first the base with the filling, then the topping.

Ingredients

 1For the pastry:
 23 egg yolks
 33 tablespoons sugar
 4100 g butter
 51 cup flour
 61 teaspoon baking powder
 7butter for greasing the tin
 8
 9For the filling:
103–4 apples
11150 g walnuts and almonds combined
12100 g prunes; raisins can be used instead
13vanilla sugar
14
15For the topping:
163 egg whites
171 cup sugar
18lemon zest
19cinnamon

Instructions

1. Mix the egg yolks with 3 tablespoons of sugar. Add the butter, flour and baking powder, and mix into a dough by hand or with a mixer.
2. Grease a baking tin with butter and spread the dough over it.
3. Grate the apples over the unbaked base. Add the nuts, prunes or raisins, and vanilla sugar.
4. Place the pie in the oven and bake at a moderate temperature for about 30 minutes, until the base and filling have dried out a little.
5. Beat the egg whites with 1 cup of sugar. Add the lemon zest and cinnamon.
6. Take the pie out, spread the meringue topping over it and return to the oven for approximately 15 more minutes.