Green Chile Cheddar Apple Pie
Apple Pie + Cheddar + Green Chile = A spicy yum!
Ingredients
- 6-8 tart apples peeled cored and sliced
- 3/4 cup sugar
- dash salt
- 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- dash of ground nutmeg
- prepared pastry for 2-crust 9-inch pie I use Pillsbury ready-made rolled crust, 2 to a box
- 1 cup + 1/4 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 cup New Mexico green chile roasted, peeled and chopped
- 3-4 pats of butter.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Combine sugar, flour, and spices, then mix with apples.
- Stir in 1 cup cheese and green chile.
- Line a 9-inch pie plate with pastry.
- Sprinkle with a little bit of cheese from the 1/4 cup of cheese (save the rest of the 1/4 cup for the end).
- Fill with apple mixture.
- Top mixture with a few pats of butter.
- Unroll second pastry on top and seal the edges.
- Cut some vents into the top.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 50 minutes or until brown and bubbly. Cover edges halfway through with aluminum foil if they are getting too brown.
- Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle the top with the remaining cheese from the 1/4 cup.
- Let it rest for about 10 minutes to firm up a bit, then serve with glee! Or with ice cream, or both.