Dutch Apple Pie

Dutch apple pie

1¼ cup flour
½ cup sugar
¾ cup +1 T. chilled butter
1 egg yolk
½ cup raisins
⅓ cup orange juice
2 lbs apples
2 t. cornstarch
2 t. cinnamon
2 T sugar
3 T apricot jam
salt

Preparation: In a bowl combine flour, sugar and a pinch of salt. cut the butter in pieces and mix into the flour .Use 2 knives or a pastry blender and work the butter through the flour. Knead it with a cool hand and roll up in a firm dough ball.
Grease a 10 inch ring-mold and press ⅔ of the dough into the bottom and sides of the pan. Refrigerate it with the rest of the dough until ready to use.
Preheat the oven to 375º F.
In a saucepan bring the raisins and orange juice to a boil and leave to simmer gently for about 5 min. until the liquid has evaporated.
Peel , core and slices the apples. Put them in a bowl and combine with the raisins, cornstarch cinnamon and the 2 T sugar.
Arrange the filling over the dough in the ring-mold .
Roll out the rest of the dough and cut into ½ inch strips. Arrange them in a criss-cross pattern.
Beat the egg yolk and wash it over the pie. Put in the lower part of the oven.
Bake it for 50 - 60 minutes until golden brown.
Remove from oven and top with apricot jam.
Allow to cool in the pan for 10 min.
Remove from ring-mold and serve with ice-cream and whipped cream!!

(I always use lemon juice!!)