First, let's talk about the ingredients. Apples need a firm, tart and juicy. Preferably of the same size, so the cake turned out beautiful. I have apples from the garden and not particularly beautiful, but the rest of the requirements are met. Firm, juicy and sour :) Now, on account of flour. 275 gr. is the original recipe, but I have in 25 years that I bake this pie, there were no such scales to measure out the exact amount. Plus or minus 50 grams a shot deemed not to be :). Here is a guide only as more than 300 and not less than 250 grams. About spices. Cinnamon teaspoon without slides. Here it is-it is better not to report than to overdo it. So very strong her scent. Nuts to your taste, the original 50 grams, and I take more - 60-70 grams. If you do not like cloves, it is better not to put at all. Although it is, of course, gives the highlight. Now, like everything, start cooking.

Flour, powdered sugar, one egg and softened butter quickly make dough. Roll up in foil and in the fridge for two hours. Again, this is the original, but I still don't know why so much time to cool off? I usually keep an hour, well, one and a half maximum.

While the dough is resting, make the topping. Walnuts grind in a blender into fine crumbs. It is better to use burst mode, so as not to miss the moment when the nuts instead of crumbs will turn into nut butter. From the lemon using a grater to remove the zest. Several constellations of cloves pounded to powder. In a bowl, mix the cinnamon, zest, vanilla sugar, peanut crumbs and powdered cloves. The aroma in the kitchen will go just awesome!

From lemon squeeze the juice and pour into a large bowl. From apples to remove the seeds and cut into slices. All folded up in a bowl and mix well with lemon juice. This is to ensure that apples are not darkened and soaked with lemon. As they say, was acidic and become more acidic :) roll the Dough with a thickness of half a centimeter thick and put into a suitable form. I have forms as such no, I so rarely bake that it is not got that attribute in the economy. Use a regular pan, line it with baking paper, just in case, still oiled, but maybe it's too much, the dough itself is very oily. On top of the dough pour the walnut dressing and put slices of apples. Put in the oven. Temperature - 200 baking time - 35 minutes.

As soon as you take out, just to grease the cake with jam, jam, jam or similar products. Today I poured Apple cider syrup is our own making. Allow to cool a little and serve.

Cut a piece of the pie, you can see here, he is in the cut...

and put on a plate. And pour a little jam. The autumn cake is ready. Calling all to the table :)

Drink tea and go for a walk in the Park, catch the last warm days of the passing of autumn. Today was amazing weather, and a friend walked around Sokolniki, admire nature, I am reminded of a line Tyutchev: "in the autumn of the original short but marvelous time..." And I even thought that I could love fall, but under one condition that immediately afterwards will come the summer :) does it cross its seasons just as quickly as our life. I think yesterday was baking this pie for the first time. And it's been so many years... youth is... but it's not so bad. The trouble is that the old age passes too. Okay, let's not about sad, autumn isn't the time for sadness, a time of preparation for the new summer season. So good luck and autumnal inspiration! As always Your Katie Fox.