Tarte aux Pommes - French Apple Pie

I love homemade apple pie, especially the French way, as it is aesthetically pleasing and tastes great.  For this recipe, I've also made the pie crust from scratch.  It's actually quite easy and I can boast that everything in this recipe is truly homemade from start to finish. By the way, this tart can be eaten hot or cold. 

Ingredients:
-6 apples
-250 grams of flour
-125 grams of butter
-1/4 cup of water
-1 tablespoon of sugar

Instructions:

-For the pie crust, with your fingers, mix together the flour and butter (otherwise use a mixer).  Once the flour and butter is well mixed, start adding the water a little at a time until it forms a nice pie dough.

-Line the pie dish with parchment paper.

-Roll the pastry dough and place on top of the parchment paper in the pie dish.  Stick in the refrigerator. 

-Peel 3 apples, cut out the seeds and cut into small pieces.

-Place apples in a sauce pan over medium to high heat with enough water to cover the apples.

-Boil and stir occasionally for about 20 minutes until you get a nice apple sauce.

-Taste and if needed, sprinkle in a bit of sugar.

 

-Peel 3 apples, cut into quarters, cut out the seeds and cut into thin slices.

-Take the pie crust out of the refrigerator and pour in the apple sauce. 

-From the outside, start placing the apple slices clockwise.  For the next layer, place them counter clockwise and for the inner layer, place them clockwise.  Sprinkle some sugar on top of the pie and bake for 40 minutes at 200 degrees C.

Optional:

-If you don't have much time, skip the apple sauce and just layer the apple slices in the pie crust.

-Sprinkle some cinnamon on top of the apples before baking.

-Goes great with a scoop of vanilla ice cream - tarte aux pommes a la mode!