EUROPEAN APPLE CAKE

Ingredients : Dough :

• 200g soft butter (not melted)

• 5 large spoonfuls of sugar

• 3 yolks

• vanilla essence

• zest of 1 lemon

• 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour

• 1 and 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

Apple puree:

• 2 kilos of green apples (approx. 8)

• 1 1/2 cups sugar

• juice of 1 lemon

• grated peel of 1 lemon

• 1 sachet of unflavored gelatin

Stoessel :

• 25 g of soft butter

• 1/2 cup of sugar

• 1/2 cup flour

Preparation : Apple puree:

• Peel and chop the apples. Place them in a microwave-safe bowl with the lemon juice and sugar. Cover and cook for 12 minutes on high. Uncover and mash the apple. When it's warm, add the gelatin and set aside until it cools.

Mass :

• Mix 200g of softened butter with 4 or 5 tablespoons of sugar. Add three egg yolks one by one and mix. Add vanilla essence and lemon zest. Mix together all-purpose flour and self-rising flour, half and half, until the dough is soft but not sticky to your fingers.

Stoessel :

• Break up the 3 ingredients with your hand. It should be like sand.

• Line a pre-baked baking dish with the dough. Add it little by little and press it down until it covers the bottom and edges. It should be very thin.

• Pour in the cooled applesauce and cover with the scallions. Bake in a preheated oven at 350°C for approximately 20 minutes. The dough should come away from the edge.

• Let it cool for at least 2 hours in the refrigerator.