This recipe comes from my good friend Marta from Budapest. Marta and I are both candida sufferers, so finding and sharing candida-friendly recipes is pretty important! A different spin on a classic, it didn’t last a day in my house.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups wholemeal spelt flour (white spelt works fine)
• 150g unsalted butter, in softened chunks (3/4 cup)
• 1 egg, separate the yolk from the egg white
• 1 tablespoon natural yoghurt
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
• pinch of salt
• 1/2 – 1 teaspoon Stevia
• 1.5 kg apple (about 5 medium-large size, I use granny smith)
• cinnamon to taste
• walnut (optional)

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C
2. Peel, core and slice the apples. Grate them on large holes. Put them into a pan and cook for a short period of time, just enough until it starts softening. You don’t want to cook the apple, but heat it enough to release the juices.
3. Remove from the heat and squeeze as much juice out as you can, into a bowl. (You can drink this, it’s yummy!)
4. Add the cinnamon and walnut to the apple mixture and set aside.
5. Put the flour, salt, stevia and bi-carb soda into a large bowl and mix well
6. Add the softened butter and mix it into the flour with your hands.
7. Make a well and adding the egg yolk and yoghurt. Mix well, making sure it has combined.
8. Divide the dough into two even pieces. (If you didn’t squeeze out all the apple juice, divide about 2/3 for the base, 1/3 for the top)
9. Lay some baking paper to a small ovenproof dish (mine is 17x26cm)
10. Roll out the bigger half of the dough and put into the dish. Make it bigger then the dish, so it comes up on the sides
11. Place the apple mixture on top and spread it out
12. Roll out the remaining dough and cover the apples
13. Brush the top with the white of the egg and stab it with a fork few times. Lot of times!
14. Whack it into the oven and it’s done when smells nice and the top is golden. I baked in my gas oven for 25-30 minutes on 5 (Same duration at about 180°C)
15. Let it cool, then remove from the dish using the baking paper and cut into slices.