KORU® Slab Pie
Preparation time: 2 hours 30 minutes using this home made pastry or 30 minutes with pre-made pastry
Cooks in: 40-50 minutes
Servings: 16-20
Recipe supplied by: McGrath Nurseries
"This pie serves many, It is a crowd pleaser at a picnic or BBQ!!"

Serve with ice cream or yogourt!
Ingredients
Pastry (Use this recipe or reduce preparation time by using pre-made pastry)
4 cups (500g) regular flour
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 3/4 cups (400g) unsalted butter, cold and cubed
3/4 cup (180 ml) ice water
Filling
6-8 KORU® Apples, peeled, cored and diced (about 10 cups)
1/4 cup (30g) regular flour
3/4 cup (150g) white sugar
1/4 cup (50g) brown sugar
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Egg wash
1 egg
1 tablespoon milk
Frosting
3/4 cup (90g) powdered sugar
2 tablespoon maple syrup
1 tablespoon milk or cream
Method
Crust
- Mix flour, salt and sugar together in a large mixing bowl. Cut butter in with a pastry blender until butter is pea sized.
- Add ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time and toss with a spatula until the dough starts forming large clumps.
- Turn out on a lightly floured board. Fold and knead until it is smooth and butter is blended in.
- Divide into two balls, flatten the balls, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Filling
- Mix all filling ingredients together in a large bowl. Set aside.
Frosting
- Mix all frosting ingredients together, using just enough cream until it is smooth and thin enough to pour.
Method
- Heat oven to 375f (190c).
- Roll out one refrigerated ball of pastry until large enough to fit in bottom of jelly roll pan (10x15x1 inch/26x38x3cm).
- Tip filling ingredients onto pastry
- Roll out second ball of pastry and place on top of filling.
- Flute edges of bottom and top pastry together and cut slits in top pastry for vents.
- Lightly beat the egg wash ingredients together and brush over the top pastry.
- Sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake for 40-50 minutes until crust is golden and filling is bubbly.
- Cool slightly and drizzle with frosting.