Double Crusted Apple Pie (Bill Yosses)
Double crusted apple pie is a classic dessert featuring flaky butter pastry wrapped around sweet dessert apples, honey and lemon. The Thermomix TM7 weighs the flour, kneads the cold butter dough and mixes the cornstarch filling to a glossy consistency, delivering a golden, professional pie inspired by pastry chef Bill Yosses.
About this recipe
Double Crusted Apple Pie Thermomix TM7 brings the legendary pastry of former White House chef Bill Yosses straight into your kitchen. Searching for apple pie recipes for your all-in-one kitchen machine usually means compromising on the crust, yet here the TM7 kneading function works the flour, salt and ice-cold butter into flaky pastry without warming it with your hands, which is the secret to those tender, layered layers. The filling celebrates dessert apples sharpened with lemon, sweetened with honey and thickened with cornstarch so every slice cuts cleanly instead of running onto the plate. This is a show-stopping dessert for Sunday lunches, autumn birthdays or festive tables, and because the machine weighs, kneads and mixes in one bowl, you spend your time lattice-topping and crimping rather than rubbing butter by hand. Serve it warm with a spoonful of cream for a finish nobody forgets.
Preparation tips
- Keep the butter and water genuinely ice cold before starting the TM7, because cold fat creates steam pockets in the pastry that lift into flaky layers during baking, while warm butter gives a dense, tough crust.
- Toss the apple slices with lemon and cornstarch only just before filling the pie; letting them sit too long draws out juice and makes the bottom crust soggy beneath the honey filling.
- For a glossy bakery-style finish, brush the top crust lightly with a little honey thinned with water and sprinkle with sugar before baking; it also helps the double crust develop an attractive deep golden colour.
Recipe variations
- Lactose-free version: replace the unsalted butter in the pastry with a firm plant-based butter alternative in equal weight. The TM7 kneads it into the flour exactly the same way, and the apple, honey and lemon filling needs no changes at all.
- Festive winter variation: add a pinch of cinnamon and a grating of nutmeg to the honey-apple filling, or swap half the dessert apples for firm pears. A lattice top brushed with honey turns this pie into a centrepiece for Christmas or New Year tables.
Thermomix TM7 Benefits
- Weighing accuracy - The integrated scale of the Thermomix measures flour and sugar to the gram for a reliably flaky pastry. [Weighing]. [Built-in Scale]
- Pastry kneading - The Thermomix kneads butter and ice water into the dough in moments, keeping it cool and flaky. [Kneading]. [Multi-Function]
- Gentle heating - Precise temperature control of the TM7 thickens the honey, cornstarch and apple filling without any lumps. [Heating]. [Precision Control]
- Fine grinding - The TM7 grinds sugar to a fine, even texture that dissolves completely into the lemon-apple filling. [Grinding]. [Multi-Function]
- Even mixing - The Thermomix mixes the lemon, honey and apples into a uniform coating for consistent flavour in every slice. [Mixing]. [Multi-Function]
Ingredients
- all-purpose flour
- sugar
- salt
- unsalted butter
- ice cold water
- sugar
- lemon
- dessert apples
- honey
- cornstarch