Making the Original Apple Pie of Medieval England

Oct 9, 2026 · 2:26 PM UTC

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Medieval Apple Pie — Tasting History

Medieval Apple Pie — Tasting History

Delicious mashed apples and pears with raisins, figs, and spices in a hot water crust

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I love the medieval flavour profile: ginger and cinnamon and nutmeg in both courses
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What makes it American is putting a slice of cheese on top 🇺🇸
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As American as British trees grafted with Roman apples layered with French spices. – at Queens, NY
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I've never considered cooking a pie in a spring form pan. It does make a pie with a lot of filling!
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Sounds more like a mince pie.
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Most fruit "pies" are just tarts, so no lid on top. However, there are some notable exceptions, mince pies, and Cheshire pies. youtu.be/QsWja0-_3Ww
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Damn sure looks good. I would definitely give this one a try. I absolutely love apples. My favorite, apple pie and whisky. You wouldn't think it but after a long day, they go really well together. I mean, dont get plastered off the whisky but sipping it with apple pie is great.
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My studies indicated that, in the UK, pies were usually savory and contained meat. Fruits were served as tarts, shallower than modern pies, and without a top crust. It was the USA that popularized fruit filled, fully crusted pie... this is the legend.
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That’s basically a mincemeat pie.
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The Dutch still make apple pies with cinnamon & raisins.
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Man, that looks amazing.
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I'd love to find a way to make the water crust delicious
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Grafting is a required process for all fruits and nuts. Some fruits are easier to graft than others. Apples graft easier than oranges or avocados. English walnut are grafted on the root stocks of black walnuts.
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I didn't realize that some old recipes were vague on purpose to let the baker use what ingredients they could actually get.
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This is great. I haven't used hot water crust with a sweet filling before, does it work?
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So.. really it's a Roman apple pie.
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I know of an orchard which grows all sorts of historical apple varieties. An old church ground in fact.
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Watching this with my early morning coffee and drooling😋😋😋
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Looks wonderful. As a side note, I use Grains of Paradise in most of my cooking, in lieu of pepper.
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An original? Not behind glass?
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Looks very german kuchen to me
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Buttery flakey crust huh?
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My partner and I watch various food channels on YT, and you’re on heavy rotation.
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This looks REALLY good!
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Ken Albala

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That looks delicious
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With Granny Smith? Absolutely
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Typical American butchery of other people’s history with false facts taken from Wikipedia.
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That looks like you’ve never used a knife before
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cumpot is more like a juice not a mush
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😍🍎🥧
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People have long known that apple pies were made in England earlier, but they were not the same. Queen Victoria and Mrs. Rudyard Kipling liked "American" apple pie, which later became symbolic of Americanism. esnpc.blogspot.com/2016/02/a…
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Where do the think Americans came from idiot?
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