Wonderful choice! 🇭🇺✨ Almás Pite (Hungarian Apple Cake or Apple Pie) is a beloved classic — tender shortcrust pastry filled with sweet-cinnamon apples. Here’s how to make it like a Hungarian grandma would!
🇭🇺 Almás Pite (Hungarian Apple Cake)
Serves: 8–10
Time: ~1.5 hours (includes baking)
Ingredients:
For the dough:
- 3 cups (375 g) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 200 g (1 scant cup) unsalted butter, cold and cubed
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) sour cream
- Zest of 1 lemon
For the apple filling:
- 6–7 medium tart apples (like Granny Smith or local cooking apples)
- 1/2–2/3 cup (100–130 g) sugar (adjust to apple sweetness)
- 1–2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp semolina or fine breadcrumbs (optional, absorbs extra juice)
For finishing:
- 1 egg, beaten (for egg wash)
- Powdered sugar for dusting