Paneer Apple Pie

Ingredients  for Short Crust Pastry (Base)

• All Purpose flour - 2 cup
• Butter - 125 gm
• Powdered Sugar - 2 tbs
• Salt - 1 pinch
• Cold Water - 3 tbs

Ingredients for Filling

• Apple - 4 nos (Peeled and Sliced)
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Paneer - 200 gm
• Milk -1/4 cup
• Bread Crumbs - 1/2 cup
• Cinnamon - 1 piece
• Mixed Fruit Jam - 2 tbs
• Water - 1 cup
• Egg White - 1 nos

Preparation

Place the flour in a bowl and rub in the butter and salt  until the mixture resembles fine bread crumbs.Then add powdered sugar and bind to a stiff dough with cold water.

Preheat the oven to convection 190 degree Celsius for 10 min.

Meanwhile,take 3/4 part of the dough and  roll out pastry to line the pie tray.Prick the base of the pastry.

Bake this pastry for 15 min.

Cook Apple with 1 cup water and powdered cinnamon,

Then add 1/2 cup sugar and boil for 5 min

Then add Bread crumbs and mix , then turn off the flame

Grind to make a paste of  Paneer with milk and sugar

Now fill the apple mix to the baked pastry crust

Then fill the next layer of paneer paste

Last spread the jam

Take the remaining portion of  dough and prepare the second crust and cut it into long slices

Place each slices of the crust on the top of pie filling.

Seal the edges of the crust with a fork or by hand

Then brush the egg white over the pie top

Bake it for 30 min or till gets the golden brown colour.

We can serve Paneer Apple pie  with Vanila ice cream or as it is...