Apple Crumble Pie with a pecan crumble

It's British Pie Week this week so I couldn't miss an opportunity to bake a pie. I wanted to do something a little different so I decided on a Apple Crumble Pie (with a pecan crumble)...just perfect, pastry and apple crumble, okay must stop drooling hahaha :)) it really was lovely and all my friends loved it and all took a doggy bag of it home, which is always a good sign

Apple Crumble Pie

For the crumble
150g plain flour
87.5g Demerara brown sugar
100g butter
A good handful of pecans (toasted either in the oven or in a pan)

For the filling
225g Apple (eating or cooking apples) peeled, cored and cut into small pieces
30g Demerara sugar
1 tbsp plain flour
1 pinch of ground cinnamon

Sweet crust pastry
250g plain flour
125g butter
25 icing sugar
A pinch of salt
2 large egg yolks
2-3 tbsp milk

Pastry-
Put the flour, butter, sugar and salt into a food processor (with a metal blade) and blitz quickly until you get fine bred crumbs.
Add the egg yolks and blitz quickly and add the milk (tbsp at a time) until the dough comes together.
Remove and place on a floured work surface and work gently but briefly until it is smooth. Wrap in cling film and chill for at least half an hour.

Roll the pastry out (about 2mm) and gently lift into the tart tin. Push the pastry gently into the corners, you can do this with a small piece of pastry. Trim off the top and prick the base with a fork several times.
Cut some baking paper and scrunch up and line the base with it. Pour the baking beans in and put into a pre heated oven (190/180 fan) for 20-25 mins, take out the oven and remove the baking beans and baking paper and place back in the oven for a further 5 minutes. Remove from he oven.

Crumble-
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
Place the flour and sugar in a large bowl and mix well. Taking a few cubes of butter at a time rub into the flour mixture. Keep rubbing until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Break up the pecans into little bits and add this to the crumble mixture.

Pie filling-
Place the apple in a large bowl and sprinkle over the sugar, flour and cinnamon. Stir well.
Put this into the pastry case and top with the crumble
Bake in the oven for around 30-35 minutes until the crumble is browned.
Serve with thick cream or custard.