Recipes Baked Apple Potpies with Flaky Pastry Lids Be the first to rate & review! Mindy Segal, one of Chicago's top pastry chefs, prepares first and main courses at her lovely restaurant, HotChocolate, as well as delightful desserts like these apple potpies. The secret is the gooey apple-cider sauce, which Segal tosses with apple chunks. She bakes the pastry lids separately to keep them perfectly crisp. Beautiful Desserts By Mindy Segal Mindy Segal Instagram Mindy Segal is the pastry chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author behind Mindy's HotChocolate in Chicago. She's the 2012 James Beard Award winner for Outstanding Pastry Chef, wrote bestseller Cookie Love, and most recently opened Mindy's Bakery in Chicago's Wicker Park. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on November 18, 2015 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Active Time: 1 hrs Total Time: 2 hrs Yield: 8 Ingredients Pastry 1 large egg yolk 3 tablespoons ice water 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar Pinch of salt Pinch of ground cinnamon 1 stick plus 2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces Filling 1 quart sparkling apple cider 3/4 cup white dessert wine, such as Sauternes 6 tablespoons light brown sugar 2 tablespoons light corn syrup Salt and freshly ground pepper 6 Pink Lady apples (about 3 pounds)—peeled, cored and cut into 1/2-inch pieces 3 Granny Smith apples (about 1 1/2 pounds)—peeled, cored and cut into 1/2-inch pieces 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces Directions In a small bowl, mix the egg yolk with the water. In a food processor, pulse the flour with the sugar, salt and cinnamon. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles small peas. Sprinkle on the egg yolk mixture and pulse just until the pastry comes together. Turn the pastry out onto a sheet of plastic wrap and pat it into a disk. Wrap and chill until firm, at least 1 hour or overnight. Preheat the oven to 375°. In a medium saucepan, boil the cider with the dessert wine over moderately high heat until reduced to 1 1/4 cups, about 40 minutes. Remove from the heat. Add the brown sugar and corn syrup and season lightly with a pinch of salt and pepper. In a large bowl, toss the apples with the cornstarch; pour the hot cider syrup over and toss. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the apples into eight 1-cup ramekins. Pour the cider syrup from the bowl over the apples and top each mound with 1 piece of butter. Set the ramekins on a baking sheet and bake for about 45 minutes, stirring the apples occasionally, until browned in spots and just tender. Cover the ramekins with foil and bake for 10 to 15 minutes longer, until the apples are very tender. Meanwhile, line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the pastry 1/4 inch thick. Using a 4 1/2-inch round cutter, stamp out 8 rounds; if necessary, press the scraps together to stamp out more rounds. Transfer the rounds to the prepared baking sheet and prick them several times with a fork. Crimp the edges decoratively and chill until firm, about 10 minutes. Bake the pastry rounds for about 15 minutes, or until golden and crisp. Let cool on the baking sheet. Top each ramekin with a pastry round and bake for 5 minutes longer. Transfer the ramekins to plates and serve. Serve With Vanilla ice cream. Rate it Print