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Rustic apple banana pie

Bruno Albouze · ♥ 2.9K likes · 63.7K views · 5 min video

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Ingredients
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Techniques
  • butter
  • egg yolks
  • milk
  • vanilla
  • 2 whole ripe and frozen bananas
Sand the dry ingredients with the butter, add egg yolks, milk and vanilla, and pulse a few more times until it just comes together. Wrap and chill completely.
  • lemon juice
  • 1 whole fresh and chopped banana
  • nutmeg
  • diced orange confit or candied orange peels
Puree the ripe bananas with a drizzle of lemon juice; fold in a fresh chopped banana, season with nutmeg and add diced candied orange peel.
  • apples
  • butter
Peel, core and cube the apples; saute in butter in a large frying pan on high heat for five minutes.
Add the raisins and brown sugar and cook three minutes on high heat; flambe with dark rum.
  • jumbo raisins
  • brown sugar
  • dark rum
  • cinnamon
When the flame is out, stir in the banana mixture and a couple of pinches of cinnamon; lower the heat and cook a few minutes to drive off moisture. Cool to room temperature.
Roll two-thirds of the pastry into a 3 mm disc and place it in a greased 11.5-inch (29 cm) non-stick frying pan.
Lining the frying pan
Add the room-temperature filling, fold the pastry up against it, roll out the remaining dough, egg wash the pastry edge and cover the pie, sealing the edges.
Filling, covering and sealing
  • egg wash
Egg wash the surface and chill an hour or so, or overnight.
Egg wash again, cut a small chimney hole for steam and score the surface with the tip and back of a paring knife.
Bake over a pizza stone at 450F for five minutes.
Lower to 375F (190C) and bake an additional 50 minutes; cool, unmold and serve at room temperature.