Homemade Apple Pie

Peel and core the apples, then dice them into 1×1 cm cubes. Chop the raisins.

Combine the apples, raisins, sugar, orange and lemon zest, and pine nuts.

Rub the ingredients together by hand, cover with plastic wrap, and let sit for 1 hour.

Strain the finished filling through cheesecloth by squeezing it. Save the extracted syrup to make the sauce.

Whisk the eggs with the sugar until pale and fluffy.

Combine the flour with the baking powder and sift.

Gradually fold the flour mixture into the whipped eggs, stirring gently until smooth.

Add the prepared apple filling and gently fold it into the batter.

Grease a 20 cm baking pan with butter and dust with semolina.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.

Bake at 180 °C (350 °F) for 40 minutes.

Pour the leftover apple syrup into a saucepan.

Simmer over low heat until thickened and caramelized.