Apple Charlotte Pie (#1)

This recipe comes from my father’s recipe book. He was a chef in the army, hence the quantity it makes.

Ingredients

• 35lb Apples, peeled, cored and sliced
• 3¼lb Suet (chopped fine)
• 8lb Bread crumbs or cake crumbs
• 4lb Sugar
• 18 Lemons, juiced and zested
• 2oz Cinnamon
• Butter for greasing the pans

Method

1. Mix together the chopped suet, crumbs, lemon zest, sugar, cinnamon.
2. Butter the pie dishes and fill with alternating layers of apple slices and the crumb mixture, with a sprinkle of lemon juice on each layer. Finish with a crumb mixture.
3. Cover the top with apple peelings.
4. Bake for 1 hour in a moderate oven then remove the peelings and cook until nicely browned.