This easy yet impressive fall dessert is complete with a thick and flaky homemade all-butter crust, a cranberry compote layer and a drizzle of caramel sauce. Serve with a scoop of vanilla bean gelato for the ultimate indulgence!
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Ingredients
Pie Crust Dough
2 1/2 cups cake flour
1 cup butter, cold
Pinch of salt
Pinch of sugar
7 tablespoons ice water
Filling
10 honey crisp apples
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
Pinch of salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest
Cranberry Compote
1 cup frozen cranberries
1 tablespoon orange liqueur
1 tablespoon orange zest
5 tablespoons orange juice ( 1 orange )
2 tablespoons sugar
2/3 cup water
Streusel
1/2 cup cake flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter
4 tablespoons marzipan, grated
4 tablespoons chopped almonds
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon all spice
1/4 teaspoon cardamon
Directions
Pie Crust Dough
Place butter, flour, and salt into a food processor and pulse until the mixture has the texture, and sand. Place the flour and butter into a bowl. Create a well and add the ice water, and using a fork, bring it together. Place the mixer onto your clean board, bring the dough into a smooth ball, and wrap it in plastic. Place the dough into the fridge to rest for at least 30 minutes.
Filling
Peel the apples and place them in a bowl of cold water with the juice of one lemon.
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Slice the apples into thin slices. Place the skillet over high heat. Add butter and allow it to brown slightly. Add brown sugar and cinnamon. Stir to combine. Add apples, and Lower the heat to medium and stir to coat. Cook for five minutes and add lemon juice. Cook to 85% cooked and set aside until ready to build the pie.
Cranberry Compote
Place the frozen cranberries into a pot. Add sugar, orange zest, and juice and cook until the cranberries are soft. Add orange liqueur, and using a BBQ lighter, carefully light the liqueur on fire to burn off the alcohol.
Combine the cranberries and the apples and gently stir together.
Streusel
Combine almonds, cardamom, cinnamon and allspice in a mini chopper and blitz to a course crumb. Add butter, brown sugar, a pinch of salt and flour. Add marzipan and pulse.
Bake and Serve
Lightly flour your clean work surface. Roll out the pie dough into a large circle. Using a fork, poke holes into the dough. Place the apple mixture into the pie dough's century and fold the dough's sides up to close the apple filling into place.
Top with marzipan streusel. Paint the pastry with egg wash and sprinkle the dough with sugar.
Bake for 25 to 35 minutes or until the pastry is crisp on the bottom and golden and flakey around the sides.