Apple pie with a Swedish twist

Swedes love baking and they have some sort of fever for pies. I have always associate baking with winter, but pies can be eaten all around the year, varying the filling. Apple pie is one of the classics but there are many different recipes. The recipe below has a Swedish twist: cardamom seeds, also a classic in Swedish baked goods. The result was a super delicious apple pie and a recipe that turned out very simple and fast to make. 

Ingredients (26 cm diameter):
30 min + 20 min baking

Base:
175 g butter, room temperature
1 dl sugar
3 dl flour
1 tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt

Filling:
3-4 apples
25 g butter
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp cardamom seeds (black part inside the green pods), crushed in mortar and pestle

Lemon glaze:
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp lemon juice

1. Base Preheat the oven to 200 ºC. Whisk butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix the dry ingredients until well combined. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and quickly combine into a dough. Transfer to a pie form and press evenly.

2. Filling Cut the apples in quarters and remove the seeds. Chop each quarter into slices. Lay the slices in two circles over the dough. Spread on top the butter, the sugar and the cardamom.

3. Bake the pie in the center of the oven for 20 minutes or until the apples are golden. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.

4. Mix honey and lemon juice. Brush over the pie. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.