Nothing says autumn to me as much as the combination of apples and cinnamon and I simply love this pairing of flavours.
Maybe it’s because it reminds me of being a kid. My grandparents had quite a few apple trees in the garden of their summer house, where my brother, my cousins and I spent lots of our childhood summers. Every year the whole family gathered there again in early autumn to help grandad pick all the apples and either eat them raw or make them into something delicious. While I loved it there as a small kid, I started avoiding going there when I turned into a slightly stroppy teenager as I found it a bit boring being the oldest non-adult. I went there this summer (after over 15 years) to see my auntie who spends much of the summer there. Even though the place and the neighbouring area has changed beyond recognition, being there again brought back many happy memories and made me miss my late grandparents. This year my auntie made us a delicious lattice apple pie which disappeared ridiculously quickly despite all of us being stuffed from a big lunch. This lattice apple pie, although different, is inspired by my auntie’s pie, my grandparents’ summer house and the buckets of apples I picked and ate as a child.
2 Granny Smith apples handful of raisins 2 tsp cinnamon 2 tbsp sugar (I used coconut sugar)
PASTRY
250 g white flour, sifted pinch of salt 2 tbsp icing sugar + more for dusting 75 ml / 5 tbsp olive oil
