Apple Pie

By Norma Christie

Ingredients
5 apples (peeled and sliced) [ 4 Fuji apples, 1 green apple)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon Karo sauce (Sugar syrup)
1 teaspoon butter
Pinch of salt

For the crust 
2 cups white flour
2/3 cup Crisco shortening (or vegetable oil)
6 tablespoons ice cold water



Step 1: Stir the cinnamon, sugar and flour in a large bowl.

Step 2: Add the apples as you peel.

For the Crust
Step 3: Sprinkle the water over the flour mixture.

Step 4: Stir the shortening with a fork until you form you large balls of dough.

Step 5: Roll down the dough (as thin as possible) to fit your pan. Make the bottom dough slightly larger than the upper crust.

Step 6: Fit the bottom crust into the pan. Pour the apple. Sprinkle some karo sauce on top along with butter.

Step 7: Roll the top crust and cut a few slits. Brush the crust with some milk.

Step 8: Bake the pie [First 15 minutes at 450F, Next 15 minutes at 425F, Next 20-30 minutes at 400F].

Spanish seafood rice (paella)

Ingredients

Seafood Paella

1 1/2 cup Arboria rice (Spanish rice)
Olive oil
10 shrimp
5 squid (with tentacles)
1/2 large red onion
1 tomato
1/2 red bell pepper/capsicum
1 teaspoon chilli garlic sauce
2 cups fish stock (more if necessary)
1 cup dry wine (I used Chardonnay)
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoon saffron
1/4 teaspoon brown sugar
1 cup green peas
Chopped cilantro for garnish
1 teaspoon lime juice
1/2 teaspoon Garam masala (optional)

Step 1: Saute Chilli sauce in olive oil. Add the veggies and let them cook slightly.

Step 2: Add the rice and squid and stir.

Step 3: Add the fish stock and wine. Add saffron, salt, pepper and lime juice. I added a little bit of garam masala but you do not have to.

 Step 4: Add the shrimp, green peas and cilantro.  Let it cook on a low flame until the rice is done.

Sprinkle olive oil on top and serve hot.